Given name & surname
Shiri
“my joyous song”·“poetess or singer”
Shiri is a variant of Shira. One Hebrew interpretation is “my joyous song.” Shiri is a variant of Sha'ira. One Arabic interpretation is “poetess or singer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Shiri is a variant of Shira. One Hebrew interpretation is “my joyous song.” Shiri is a variant of Sha'ira. One Arabic interpretation is “poetess or singer.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Shiri is a variant of Shira. An origin associated with Shira is Hebrew. Shiri is a variant of Sha'ira. An origin associated with Sha'ira is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1960. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shiri through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 225
- 0 boys · 225 girls
- Most popular year
- 1978
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,689 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,689 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 1978. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 426 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.
Shiri’s family of names
Shiri has a related form in Shira. Shiri has a related form in Sha'ira.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Shiri
- Shiri ApplebyAmerican actress and directorborn 1978
- Shiri MaimonIsraeli singerborn 1981
- Shiri ArtsteinIsraeli mathematician and professorborn 1978
- Shiri EisnerIsraeli writer and activistborn 1983
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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