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View Name: Sherry


SHERRY
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: English
PRONOUNCED: SHER-ee   [key]
Meaning & History
Possibly from the French word chérie meaning "darling", or the English word sherry, a type of fortified wine named from the Spanish town of Jerez. This name came into use during the 1920s, possibly inspired by Collette's novels 'Chéri' (1920, English translation 1929) and 'The Last of Chéri' (1926, English translation 1932), in which it is a masculine name.
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