Sherri

Locally spelled Sherry in US United States, GB United Kingdom, CA Canada and 3 more and שארי in FI Finland.

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.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Sherri, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Cherie
• Cherry
• Cheryl
• Carrie
• Mary
• Sheryl
• Lucy
• Sheridan
• Sabrina
• French
• Stella
• Lily

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

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 name8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, France, Brazil, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

  Also written Sherrí

• Greek given name4 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.

• 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).

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.

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

Is Sherri a male or female name?

Sherri is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: United States (Census Bureau, 2020).

What does the name Sherri mean, and where does it come from?

A female given name, variant of Sherry or Cheri. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

What are other forms of the name Sherri?

In the etymology graph, Sherry, Sheri and Shari are forms of the same name in other languages.

How do you pronounce Sherri?

A machine transcription gives /ˈʃɛɹi/ (IPA) for English.

In which country does Sherri have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 188 thousand people named Sherry, more than in any other country we hold.

Where is Sherri most common?

No national register we hold counts the spelling Sherri 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 Sherri?

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 Sherri compared with other names?

In the United States, Sherri is the 131st most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.