Sherri

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Sherry in US United States, GB United Kingdom, CA Canada and 16 more, Sheri in ES Spain, IN India, שארי in FI Finland and שרי in IL Israel.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Sherri is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name43K records spelled Sherri8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, France, Brazil, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

  Also written Sherrí

• Greek given name1.9K records spelled Sherri4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Greece, United States, United Kingdom, Canada

  Also written Şeri, Seri, Σερι

52 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 93 years between 1924–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Sherri Turnerb. 1956USprofessional golfer
• Sherri Cassutob. 1957USAmerican rower (1957-2016)
• Sherri Martelb. 1958USAmerican professional wrestler and manager (1958–2007)
• Sherri Howardb. 1962USAthletics competitor, sprinter, 400 metres runner
• Sherri Stonerb. 1965USAmerican actress
• Sherri Shepherdb. 1967USAmerican actress, comedian, author and television personality
• Sherri L. Smithb. 1971USAmerican writer
• Sherri Saumb. 1974USAmerican actress
• Sherri DuPreeb. 1983USAmerican singer
• Sherri TenpennyUSAmerican anti-vaccination activist

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 192 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Sherri?

We estimate roughly 235 thousand people bear Sherri (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Sherri have the most bearers?

We estimate about 187 thousand people bear Sherri in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled sherry.

Where is Sherri most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Sherri is densest in Finland — about 1 in 193 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is Sherri compared with other names?

In the United States, Sherri is the 124th most common given name of 3,122,706 given names recorded there.

Is Sherri a male or female name?

Sherri is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Sherri mean?

Recorded meaning: A female given name, variant of Sherry or Cheri.