Shervin
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Shervin by the numbers
Shervin was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 14 babies in 1996, making it a 1990s name.
What we can tell you about Shervin
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 Shervin. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Sherwinbright friend; form of Sherwin14 in the US (2017)
- Sharvinsharp; piercing3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Shermanone who shears; shearer47 in the US (2017)
- Sherribeloved; a form of Cherie11 in the US (2017)
- Sherifnoble or honorable; variant of Sharif9 in the US (2017)
- Sheribeloved; a form of Cheryl or Sherry8 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Shervin
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