Sheri
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Sheri is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Singapore it is the 72nd most common given name. Recorded meaning: A female given name, variant of Sherry.
- CNChina≈1 in 923as Sherry(inferred from the name graph)
- IEIreland≈1 in 1Kas Sherry
- SGSingapore≈1 in 1.1Kas Sherry
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Sheri itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- #320 (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 572 (measured from records)
- 1 in 193 (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,500,000 named Sherry, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Finland, as Sari
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Sherry in US United States, GB United Kingdom, CA Canada and 4 more, שארי in FI Finland and Sherri in NZ New Zealand.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A female given name, variant of Sherry.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Sheri 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈1,500,000 est. | ≈1 in 923 | — | Sherry | 73 |
| US United States | #131 | 187,596as Sherry | 1 in 1.8K | 187K | Sherry | 572 |
| GB United Kingdom | #242 | ≈38,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.7K | 554 | Sherry | 179 |
| CA Canada | #113 | ≈32,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | 3 | Sherry | 247 |
| EG Egypt | #605 | ≈30,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.4K | — | Sherry | 62 |
| FI Finland | — | 28,915as Sari | 1 in 193 | 31K | שארי | 8 |
| SG Singapore | #72 | ≈5,900 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | — | Sherry | 91 |
| IE Ireland | #129 | ≈5,100 est. | ≈1 in 1K | — | Sherry | 79 |
| NZ New Zealand | #253 | ≈4,300 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | 13 | Sherri | 83 |
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; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Sheri S. Tepperb. 1929USAmerican science fiction, horror and mystery novelist (1929–2016)
- Sheri Elwoodb. 1950CACanadian screenwriter
- Liao Xiaoyib. 1954CNnot in their usual nameChinese activist and journalist
- Sheri St. Claireb. 1957USAmerican pornographic actress
- Sheri Fosterb. 1957USNative American Cherokee actress
- Sheri Holmanb. 1966USnovelist
- Sheri Hagenb. 1968DEGerman actress
- Sheri Moon Zombieb. 1970USAmerican actress and fashion designer
- Sheri Biggsb. 1970USAmerican politician (born 1970)
- Sheri FinkUSAmerican journalist
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(measured from records)
Attested in 33 sources across 21 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 52K | #866 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1963 | 3.1K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1962 | 3K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1967 | 3K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1964 | 2.9K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1966 | 2.7K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1968 | 2.7K | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 45 | #866 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 30 | #14,071 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 30 | #13,570 |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 1991 | 20 | — |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 1992 | 13 | — |
Reference works 3
- Wikipedia given-name 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 Sheri mean, and where does it come from?
- A female given name, variant of Sherry. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Sheri a male or female name?
- Sheri 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 are other forms of the name Sheri?
- In the etymology graph, Sherry, Sherri and Shari are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Sheri have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.5 million people named Sherry in China, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Sheri most common?
- No national register we hold counts the spelling Sheri itself. The densest figure for its family of spellings is Finland's: the national register counts about 1 in 193 people named Sari.
- How common is the name Sheri?
- In the United States, the national register counted 187,596 people named Sherry in 2020, about 1 in 1.8 thousand residents.
- How common is Sheri compared with other names?
- In Singapore, Sheri is the 72nd most common given name of 52,448 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Sheri?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/sheriThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Sheri” — the 72nd most common given name in Singapore. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.