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Sheresa
How to Pronounce Sheresa
Pronounced shuh-REE-sah /ʃəˈriː.sə/Medium
Meaning: Sheresa reads as a coined American name, most plausibly built from the popular She-/Sha- prefix sound joined to the tail of Theresa or a name like Erica; it belongs to the wave of invented Sh- names given to Black girls from the 1950s onward.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Sheresa has no settled parent name; it most plausibly grew out of the popular She-/Sha- prefix sound combined with an ending echoing Theresa. This coining pattern was common among Black American families from the 1950s into the 1980s.
Sheresa was never common, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak around 1974, and it has stayed rare since. A woman named Sheresa then would be in her fifties today.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Sheresa mean?
It is a coined American name, most likely built from the Sha-/She- prefix sound joined to the tail of Theresa.
How do you pronounce Sheresa?
It is said shuh-REE-sah /ʃəˈriː.sə/, three syllables with the stress in the middle.
Is Sheresa a boy or girl name?
Sheresa is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Sheresa?
It has always been rare in the United States, given to only about twenty girls a year even at its peak in the mid nineteen-seventies.