Sherry
[ˈʃɛri]Meaning
an English given name, from the French chérie ("darling") or the wine named from Jerez
Background Story
Behind the Name records Sherry as probably inspired by the French word chérie, meaning "darling", or by the English word for the fortified wine named from the Spanish town of Jerez. It came into popular use during the 1920s, prompted by other similar-sounding names and by Collette's novels Chéri (1920) and The Last of Chéri (1926), in which it is a masculine name. The same form also coincides with an Irish surname, an anglicised form of Mac Searraigh, derived from the byname Searrach, meaning "foal".
Temperament
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