Sherri

given name · Latin script

Meaning: A female given name, variant of Sherry or Cheri

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

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

Sherri 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.

rarermore common
  • 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 Sherri 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)

≈1,500,000 named Sherry, est.

#320 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

3 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
572 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 193 (inferred from the name graph)

Finland, as Sari

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

SherryLatin(measured from records)
שריHebrew(measured from records)
เชอริสThai(measured from records)

3 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Sherry in US United States, GB United Kingdom, CA Canada and 4 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.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A female given name, variant of Sherry or Cheri.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Sherri 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 Sherri is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈1,500,000 est.≈1 in 923—Sherry73
US United States#131187,596as Sherry1 in 1.8K187KSherry572
GB United Kingdom#242≈38,000 est.≈1 in 1.7K554Sherry179
CA Canada#113≈32,000 est.≈1 in 1.2K3Sherry247
EG Egypt#605≈30,000 est.≈1 in 3.4K—Sherry62
FI Finland—28,915as Sari1 in 19331Kשארי8
SG Singapore#72≈5,900 est.≈1 in 1.1K—Sherry91
IE Ireland#129≈5,100 est.≈1 in 1K—Sherry79
NZ New Zealand#253≈4,300 est.≈1 in 1.1K13Sherri83

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).

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

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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19501960197019801990Sherri Turner, b. 1956Sherri Cassuto, b. 1957Sherri Martel, b. 1958Sherri Howard, b. 1962Sherri Stoner, b. 1965Sherri Shepherd, b. 1967Sherri L. Smith, b. 1971Sherri Saum, b. 1974Sherri DuPree, b. 1983

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 Sherri,

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 29 sources across 19 countries.

Official registers attesting Sherri
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202071K#722
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19635.5K—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19625.4K—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19644.9K—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19654.1K—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19673.8K—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19613.8K—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19663.7K—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19683.6K—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19693.5K—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19603.3K—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19703.2K—

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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 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).
Is Sherri a male or female name?
Sherri 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.
How do you pronounce Sherri?
A machine transcription gives /ˈʃɛɹi/ (IPA) for English.
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.
In which country does Sherri 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 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 Singapore, Sherri is the 72nd most common given name of 52,448 given names recorded there.

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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, “Sherri” — the 72nd most common given name in Singapore. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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