Sherlin
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Sherlin by the numbers
Sherlin was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 121 babies in 2006, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Sherlin
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sherlin. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Sherlynbeloved; a form of Cheryl with -lyn suffix216 in the US (2017)
- Sherwinbright friend; form of Sherwin14 in the US (2017)
- Sheylin7 in the US (2017)
- Selinmoon; a form of Selene44 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sheliafairy woman; a form of Síle16 in the US (2017)
- Sherleybright clearing; a variant of Shirley11 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Sherlin
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