Given name & surname
Sherry
“one who is greatly loved; a darling”
In English use, Sherry carries the interpretation “one who is greatly loved; a darling.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Sherry carries the interpretation “one who is greatly loved; a darling.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
Sherry is used as a form of Cherie.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1909. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sherry through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 230,913
- 976 boys · 229,937 girls
- Most popular year
- 1962
- 9,261 babies
- 2025
- 23
- #5,532 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −50%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 23 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,532 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 49.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9,223 in 1962. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 187,596 as a first name in 2020; 6,855 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.
Sherry’s family of names
In English usage, Sherry has a diminutive in Shari. In English usage, Sherry has a related form in Sherri. Sherry has a related form in Sherri.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Sherrivariant · English
- Sharivariant · English
- Sherivariant · English
- Cherivariant · English
- Sherrievariant
- Sherryelikely variant
- Shareevariant · English
- Sherreavariant
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Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Sherry
- Sherry StringfieldAmerican actressborn 1967
- Sherry TurkleAmerican social scientist and psychologistborn 1948
- Sherry LansingAmerican film studio executive and actressborn 1944
- Sherry RehmanPakistani politician and diplomatborn 1960
- Sherry JacksonAmerican actressborn 1942
- Sherry OrtnerAmerican anthropologistborn 1941
- Sherry HormannAmerican-German film director and screen writerborn 1960
- Sherry AyitteyGhanaian politician (1948–2023)
- Sherry ColaChinese-American actressborn 1989
Characters named Sherry: Sherry Birkin (Resident Evil 2).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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