Entry № 2262 · French, English origin

Sheree Sheree — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ shuh-REE /
Gender
Girl
Origin
French, English
Meaning
"Beloved / dear (Sheree North; Sheree Whitfield)"
Syllables
2
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Modern (English)

A name that means "beloved / dear (sheree north; sheree whitfield)".

Sheree is a 20th-century American phonetic spelling of the French *chérie* ("darling, dear one") — also linked to Cherie and Cher. **A top-500 US baby name from 1955 to 1980**. **Sheree North (1932-2005)** — American actress and dancer; promoted by 20th Century Fox in the mid-1950s as a successor to Marilyn Monroe; *How to Be Very, Very Popular* (1955), *The Way to the Gold* (1957); later a respected character actress on *The Mary Tyler Moore Show*, *Archie Bunker's Place* (as Gloria's mother), and *Seinfeld* (as Kramer's mother Babs Kramer). **Sheree Whitfield (born 1970)** — American TV personality; original cast member of Bravo's *The Real Housewives of Atlanta* (2008-present); coined the iconic phrase "Who gon' check me, boo?" and her fashion line "She by Sheree" became a long-running franchise running gag. **Sheree J. Wilson (born 1958)** — *Dallas* (1986-1991) and *Walker, Texas Ranger* (1993-2001). **Sheree Murphy** — British actress (*Emmerdale*). **Sheree Henry** — character names across American TV. The name exemplifies the mid-century American fashion for respelling French endearments (also producing Cherie, Sherrie, and Cheri).

Featured throughout American film and reality television.

Beloved / dear. Sheree North was Fox's mid-1950s answer to Marilyn Monroe; Sheree Whitfield of RHOA.

The name in its native script.

Sheree
Transliteration
Sheree
Pronunciation
/ ʃəˈriː /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Sheree stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 320 in 1962
Babies named Sheree · last year
88 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
1953
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · #320 NOW · —

Sherees before her.

Real people
Sheree North
American actress and dancer.
1932 – 2005
Sheree Whitfield
American TV personality (RHOA).
born 1970
Sheree J. Wilson
American actress (Dallas).
born 1958
In fiction
Babs Kramer
Seinfeld (Sheree North).
1996

Names connected to Sheree.

The number behind Sheree.

5

The Free Spirit

Sheree reduces to five — the number of dear one.

Why families chose this name.

"North's darling. Six letters. Sheree."
Catherine · Mother of one · Hollywood