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Girl · French, through English
Sherry
Say it: SHAIR-ee
Meaning
Probably from French chérie 'darling', influenced by the English word sherry (the wine named after Jerez).
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Popular in the US from the 1940s to the 1960s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1960s
In the United States
- 230,781 babies given this name since 1909
- At its height in 1963, about 1 in 213 girls
- 41 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Sherri, Sheri, Cherie
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- Modern use, as a recently created name
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.