Given name

Sheryll

“one who is greatly loved; a darling”·“from the bright hill”

Sheryll is a variant of Sheryl. In English use, Sheryl carries the interpretation “one who is greatly loved; a darling.” Sheryll is a variant of Sherill. One English interpretation is “from the bright hill.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Sheryll is a variant of Sheryl. In English use, Sheryl carries the interpretation “one who is greatly loved; a darling.” Sheryll is a variant of Sherill. One English interpretation is “from the bright hill.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Sheryll 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 1936. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Sheryll through the years

Babies since 1880
1,558
0 boys · 1,558 girls
Most popular year
1955
101 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
020406019401960198020002025Highest share 19550.0
Sheryll in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1936–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1987. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 101 in 1955. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,756 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Sheryll’s family of names

Sheryll has a related form in Sheryl. Sheryll has a related form in Sherill.

Walk Sheryll’s family in the name graph

SheryllSherylSherillCheryll

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Sheryll

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Sheryll, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

English · Nature

Meryl

“resembling a blackbird” · “of the shining sea”

17Very rareEasing

>99% girls

English

Sherri

“one who is greatly loved; a darling”

17Very rareEasing

>99% girls

English

Sherry

“one who is greatly loved; a darling”

24RareCooling

>99% girls

English

Cheryl

“one who is greatly loved; a darling”

27RareEasing

>99% girls

French

Cerise

“resembling the cherry”

21RareRising fast

>99% girls

Nature

Shelly

“from the bank's meadow” · “from the meadow's ledge”

23RareEasing

>99% girls

English · Nature

Shelley

“from the bank's meadow” · “from the meadow's ledge”

18Very rareEasing

>99% girls

 

Rennie

“one who has been reborn” · “one who is helpful; generous”

18Very rareRising fast

14% boys · 86% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Sheryll’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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