Baby name
FADING
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Sheri
/SHAIR · ee/
Meaning
“Darling”
American variant of Chérie, the French term of endearment meaning darling, adopted as a feminine given name in mid-20th century America; the ph-to-sh shift is a distinctly American phonetic adaptation.
Nicknames
sherry
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Feels firmly 1950s-60s American; dated without the potential for an interesting retro revival.
The cultural moment.
Common in the US from the 1950s through the 1970s; rare in new births since the 1980s.