Sherman

Where Sherman comes from

(English surname): From Middle English schereman, scherman; equivalent to shear + -man.
— Wiktionary's entry for Sherman
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #216 among boys — 54 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1894
    Peak, #153
    100 babies named Sherman — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1938
    Sherman Hemsley born
    American actor
  4. 1966
    Sherman Alexie born
    American author and filmmaker
  5. 2009
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,528.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Sherman Alexie · American author and filmmaker, born 1966
  • Sherman Hemsley · American actor, 1938–2012
  • Sherman Howard · American actor, born 1949
  • Sherman Minton · US Supreme Court justice from 1949 to 1956, 1890–1965
  • Sherman Adams · 67th governor of New Hampshire, 1899–1986

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.