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Comments for SHERRY:
Maybe this would be a good name for a woman who loved wine.-- FairyGirl 8/1/2006
This is my aunt's name, and I hate it. I can't help but think of the beverage. Coincidentally, my mother's name is Kimberly, and I like it much better.-- Anonymous User 3/7/2007
Sherry Darling is a song by Bruce Springsteen off The River album.-- Anonymous User 5/19/2007
Sherry is a Spanish fortified wine, derived from the Jerez region.
In most texts, I've found that Sherry (my name) means "cherished".-- cheex223 8/9/2007
My name is Sherry and I like it because I don't meet many people with this name. It is short for Sheryl, which I like a little better, now that I'm older. I'm glad I spell it with an S rather than a C.-- cheex223 8/9/2007
Well, it sounds far better than Brandy, bwahaha! The name is, like Brandy, quite a cutesy and girly name, however. It sounds more like a nickname for a little girl named Sheryl or Sherilyn than the official name of an adult. This spelling is too reminiscent of the drink, even though it sure doesn't sound as trashy as Tequila.-- slight night shiver 5/7/2008
This is my name, and I absolutely hate it. I don't like the way it sounds, or the alcohol connotation - and as an added bonus, I've been followed by Frankie Valli and Steve Perry my entire life. Thanks, Mom and Dad.-- FMRadio 5/10/2008
I guess this could also be a nickname for Sharon.-- elizabeth hamlet 4/1/2009
This is the real name of Cherry in the novel The Outsiders by S.E Hinton! (great book=)-- -BekahBoo 12/3/2010
In Neil Gaiman's short story, "A Study in Emerald", Sherry Vernet is the stage name of the Tall Man - a rare case of a male Sherry. It has been speculated that it was in fact a nickname for Sherrinford.-- La Reina 1/30/2012
I think there is a third origin which may be even more important for this name. There is an Irish surname Sherry which is derived, according to MacLysaght, from the word "searrach" meaning "foal". The first examples of people with the given name Sherry in the US census are men, not women, the first example being Sherry Greenage in the 1790 census of Maryland. Maryland was one of the states where families with the surname Sherry also occur in 1790.
In wasn't until about 1890 that there are examples of girls named Sherry. It looks to me like Sherry was a rare male name before 1890, and then was adopted as a female name because of its similarity in sound to Shirley and Terry, which were surnames which were established as female given names before Sherry was.
I think Sherry and Cherie became popular are the same time because their sound fit in with the fashions of the day. I don't think either of them was derived from the other, but that they naturally became confused early on, leading to blended spellings like Sherie, Sheree, etc.-- clevelandkentevans 2/28/2012
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