| [ 2 syll. (s)her-man, sh-erm-an ] The boy name Sherman is pronounced as SHERMahN KEY. Sherman is primarily used in the English language and it is of Old English origin. The name Sherman means shear man. From the words 'sceara' meaning shears ; 'mann' meaning man. The first name is derived from the family name, itself from the medieval job title for one who trims woollen cloth after it has been woven, or else for one who shears sheep. The name was popularized in the USA by General Sherman (William Tecumseh Sherman, 1820-1891), who served in the American Civil War. Sherman is rare as a baby boy name. At the modest peak of its usage in 1908, 0.070% of baby boys were given the name Sherman. It had a ranking of #183 then. The baby name has dropped out of favor since then, and is now used on a very light scale. Out of all boy names in its family, Sherman was nonetheless the most popular in 2007. Baby names that sound like Sherman include the Hebrew Sharon, the Romanian Sorin, the German and Scandinavian Sören, the Irish Cieran, and the Italian Sereno. KEY: Pronunciation for Sherman: SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"
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