Given name & surname
Sherrill
“one who is greatly loved; a darling”·“from the bright hill”
Sherrill is a variant of Sheryl. In English use, Sheryl carries the interpretation “one who is greatly loved; a darling.” Sherrill is a variant of Sherill. One English interpretation is “from the bright hill.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sherrill is a variant of Sheryl. In English use, Sheryl carries the interpretation “one who is greatly loved; a darling.” Sherrill is a variant of Sherill. One English interpretation is “from the bright hill.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Sherrill is a variant of Sherill. An origin associated with Sherill is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sherrill through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8,847
- 1,915 boys · 6,932 girls
- Most popular year
- 1947
- 334 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 22% boys.
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 1997. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 284 in 1947. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,311 as a first name in 2020; 12,696 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sherrill’s family of names
Sherrill has a related form in Sheryl. Sherrill has a related form in Sherill.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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