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Sherrill

Sherrill is a unisex given name: about 22% of people named Sherrill are men and 78% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleHigh
Male 22%Female 78%
Verdict
Mostly female
Male / female split
22% male / 78% female
Confidence
High (64 or more weighted country observations)
Most common in
United States
US births since 1880
1,914 male / 6,932 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Sherrill

To address Sherrill when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Sherrill," in English, "Guten Tag Sherrill," in German. About 22% of people named Sherrill are men and 78% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Sherrill,

German

Guten Tag Sherrill,

French

Bonjour Sherrill,

Spanish

Estimado/a Sherrill:

Chinese

Sherrill您好：

Japanese

Sherrill様

English

Hi Sherrill,

German

Hi Sherrill,

French

Salut Sherrill,

Spanish

Hola Sherrill,

Chinese

Sherrill你好：

Japanese

Sherrillさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Gender of the name Sherrill by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
United Statescommonwoman's name22%

United States birth data

1,914 male · 6,932 female · 8,846 births recorded

Male 22%Female 78%

Since 1980: 2% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Sherrill a male or female name?

Sherrill is a unisex given name: about 22% of people named Sherrill are men and 78% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Sherrill in an email?

To address Sherrill when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Sherrill," in English, "Guten Tag Sherrill," in German. About 22% of people named Sherrill are men and 78% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Sherrill a unisex name?

Sherrill is not a unisex name: 22% of people named Sherrill are men. Sherrill leans strongly female overall.

Related names

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Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Sherrill a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/sherrill (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_sherrill,
  title  = {Is Sherrill a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/sherrill},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}