Shera

given name · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ʃɛɹə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Shera is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Middx; Lincs. from Mac Séartha, see McSherry . 2 English: variant of Shearer .

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 95K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 228K
  • XKKosovo≈1 in 15K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈3,800 people, est.

Sources
259 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 15K (inferred from the name graph)

Kosovo, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Main GB Location (1881): Middx; Lincs. from Mac Séartha, see McSherry . 2 English: variant of Shearer .

Sources 1

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland

Where in the world(measured from records)

Shera counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Shera is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China≈3,800 est.≈1 in 363K—Shera7
US United States1,4601 in 228K1.5KShera259
PH Philippines≈1,100 est.≈1 in 95K—Shera29
MY Malaysia≈450 est.≈1 in 73K—Shera26
NG Nigeria≈270 est.≈1 in 796K—Shera8
CA Canada≈170 est.≈1 in 217K1Shera43
XK Kosovo≈130 est.≈1 in 15K305—3
SG Singapore≈47 est.≈1 in 132K—Shera12

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Shera is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hindi given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Pakistan, United States, United Kingdom

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Shéra, Sherâ

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Sherā

  • Bangla given name11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, Bangladesh, Malaysia

    Languages: Bangla, Odia

    Also written Sera, সেরা, Seera, Şera

  • French given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Philippines

    Also written Shéra, Shérä, Shérà, Shéřà

  • Amharic given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ethiopia, India, Pakistan, United States

    Also written ሸራ

57 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Shera,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 40 sources across 24 countries.

Official registers attesting Shera
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20201.5K#9,493
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)—305#1,631
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)195313—
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)196511—
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)196410—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20209#9,493
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)19589—
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)19698—
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)19548—
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)19508—
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)19368—
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)19687—

Reference works 5

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Shera mean, and where does it come from?
Main GB Location (1881): Middx; Lincs. from Mac Séartha, see McSherry . 2 English: variant of Shearer . Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.
How do you pronounce Shera?
A machine transcription gives /ʃɛɹə/ (IPA) for English.
Is Shera a male or female name?
Shera is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Shera have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 3.8 thousand people named Shera in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled shera.
How common is the name Shera?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,460 people named Shera in 2020, about 1 in 228 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Shera”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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