Sherese
Feminine
Sherese takes an ending that came into English attached to one French name and puts it to work on its own. The result looks French, is said in English, and was made in America — a combination the middle of the last century produced over and over.
How old is the name Sherese?
Sherese first appears in US birth records in 1958 — 67 years ago. The typical Sherese alive today was born around 1980, making them about 45 years old. About 900 people named Sherese are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Sherese most popular?
Sherese peaked in 1973, reaching #1979 nationally. See the whole 1973 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Sherese
English has another -ese, and it is worth keeping the two apart, because they look identical and do entirely different work. The one in Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese and Milanese means belonging to a place. The one in journalese, legalese and officialese means talking in a particular way, usually badly. Neither is the ending in this name. Hers is French, the -èse of Thérèse, which is simply the tail end of a borrowed word and means nothing on its own — and that is a freedom rather than a loss. The name was built for its sound: a soft opening, a long middle vowel, a clean stop at the end. The sound it reaches for was in the air; a number-one record called Cherish was familiar to everyone in those years, and the whole family of names with that shape was busiest in the same stretch.
Meaningnot established
Not established
There is no source word. The ending comes from Thérèse by way of Cherise and Charisse; the front is the Sher- that English already had from Sheryl, Sherry and Sherrie. Neither half brings a meaning with it. What looks like a French name is a pair of familiar American pieces.
Pronouncing Sherese
shuh-REESE
Two syllables with the stress at the back and a clean s at the end, not a z. Sher-EEZ is also heard.
Nicknames for Sherese
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1958
- Most girls named
- 198051 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1979reached in 1973
- Change vs 2002
- +16.7%7 in 2004, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Sherese in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Thérèse in French — related form
Shereses among us
people named Sherese are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Sherese sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- The back stress gives it a strong finish, which short names often lack.
- It reads as elegant without using a single sound that is hard for an English speaker.
- It is genuinely uncommon while sounding entirely familiar.
- Cherise, Charisse and Sharice are all in the same room, and her spelling will be swapped for one of them often.
- The final sound is ambiguous on paper — people will guess at an s or a z until they hear it.
- There is no meaning behind it to hand over, only the honest account of how it was put together.
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Frequently asked
- How many Shereses are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Sherese are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Sherese in 2025?
- Sherese is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Sherese with classmates?
- Sherese will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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