Sherry Family History
Sherry Name Meaning
Irish (Monaghan): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Séartha ‘son of Séartha’ an Irish form of Geoffrey . Compare McSherry Welsh English (Shropshire): perhaps a Welsh pronunciation of the Old French personal name Geri Jery (see Geary ) with [ʃ] for French and Middle English [ʤ] as in Welsh Siôn (see Shown ) for John . English and Scottish: perhaps a variant of Sherriff with loss of final -f influenced by the variation between Bayliff and Bailey .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022