Meaning & Origin
A female given name originating as a coinage, variant of Cheryl or Shirley.
Sheryl is a girl's and boy's baby name of uncertain origin, an American spelling variant of Cheryl or Shirley, coined in the mid-20th century through phonetic respelling. It is one of those purely American creations without a single clear etymology.
Sheryl was most popular in the 1950s and 1960s. Singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow brought the name back into cultural view in the 1990s, adding a rock-and-roll edge to what had been a quietly suburban classic.