Bright meadow or beloved lake
A modern American blend likely combining the English name Shirley, meaning 'bright meadow', with the popular suffix -lynn, which derives from the Welsh word for 'lake'. It emerged as part of the mid-20th-century trend of creating melodic, compound names.
Less common today
Sherlynn isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #8,786 in 2010.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
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