Sherwin

Spellings & scripts●

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●

Languages●

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

Other recorded senses●

Sherwin is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, schere(n) to shear + wind-, the Ger. surname Schneidewin(d) ‘cut wind’ provides a semantic parallel. The Eng. surname is sometimes translated in medieval sources into the ANF form Tranchevent. Var.: Sherwen.

  as a name·The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles

• In English, A surname transferred from the nickname.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, Old English; a swift runner

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• In Irish, This is sometimes a variant of Sharvin or Sharvan, i.e. Ó Searbháin, a Co. Roscommon sept now almost extinct there ( searbh means bitter). Sherwin is also an English name well known in Ulster and Dublin. MIF

  as a name·The Surnames of Ireland

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 114 years between 1912–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Sherwin Codyb. 1868USAmerican writer
• Sherwin Badgerb. 1901USfigure skater (1901–1972)
• Sherwin Wineb. 1928USAmerican rabbi (1928–2007)
• Sherwin B. Nulandb. 1930USAmerican surgeon (1930–2014)
• Sherwin Rosenb. 1938USAmerican economist (1938–2001)
• Sherwin Campbellb. 1970BBWest Indian cricketer
• Sherwin Gatchalianb. 1974PHFilipino politician
• Sherwin Vriesb. 1980NAathletics competitor
• Sherwin Gangab. 1982West Indian cricketer
• Sherwin Seedorfb. 1998SRSurinamese association football player (1998-)

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 · 239 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Sherwin?

We estimate roughly 4.6 thousand people bear Sherwin (counting its spellings and scripts) across 5 countries in our records.

In which country does Sherwin have the most bearers?

Sherwin is most frequently recorded in the Philippines, where it is most often spelled sherwin.

Where is Sherwin most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Sherwin is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 994 people — even though Philippines holds more of our records for it.

How common is Sherwin compared with other names?

In the Philippines, Sherwin is the 230th most common given name of 462,140 given names recorded there.

Is Sherwin a male or female name?

Sherwin is a male 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 Sherwin mean?

Recorded meaning: From a medieval nickname for a quick runner, literally ‘shear-wind’.