Sheryl as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Sheryl

What is the meaning of the name Sheryl ?

The baby name Sheryl is a girl name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced SHARE-əl.

Sheryl is English, French, Latin in Origin.

Sheryl is a twentieth-century English spelling variant of Cheryl, a name first recorded in English use around the early 1900s. Cheryl is generally treated as a modern coinage shaped by French chérie, the feminine past participle of chérir, to cherish, from Old French cher and ultimately Latin cārus, dear. The Sh- opening makes the intended English pronunciation explicit, while the -yl ending reflects the fashionable pattern seen in Beryl and Meryl rather than an older suffix.

The form belongs chiefly to mid-century North American naming. In the United States it entered national records in the 1930s and peaked in the 1950s, later receding with Cheryl, Sherry, and related spellings. Variants include Sheryll, Sherryl, Sheril, and Sherilyn; Cherie remains closer to the French source. Public bearers such as singer Sheryl Crow, business executive Sheryl Sandberg, actress Sheryl Lee, and athlete Sheryl Swoopes have kept the spelling recognizable; current use is uncommon.