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Sherill
How to Pronounce Sherill
Pronounced SHAIR-ul /ΛΚΙr.Ιl/Medium
Meaning: Sherill is a spelling in the Cheryl/Sherrill family. Cheryl arose in the twentieth century, blended from Cherie ('dear', French) and the Charlotte/Beryl sound, giving a sense of 'darling.' Sherill respells that fashionable mid-century name with an Sh- opening.Low
Popularity in the U.S. Β· SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880βpresent). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Sherill belongs with Cheryl and Sherrill. Cheryl was a twentieth-century creation, mingling Cherie ('dear,' French) with the sound of Beryl and Charlotte, and it became enormously fashionable at mid-century. Sherill is one of its many respellings, swapping in an Sh- start.
Sherill's record runs from the nineteen-thirties into the nineteen-nineties, cresting in the mid-nineteen-fifties with Cheryl's boom, and always uncommon at only a few dozen births in its best year. It reads as a soft, mid-century variant.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Sherill mean?
Sherill is a variant of Cheryl or Sherrill, a family tied to Cherie, French for 'dear' or 'darling.'
How do you pronounce Sherill?
It's said SHAIR-ul /ΛΚΙr.Ιl/ β two syllables, stress on the first.
Is Sherill a boy or girl name?
Sherill is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Sherill?
Sherill was always uncommon, given to only a few dozen girls a year around its mid-nineteen-fifties peak.