Sheridan - Meaning of Sheridan

What does Sheridan mean?

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Sheridan

[ 4 syll. (s)he-ri-dan, sh-erid-an ] The baby boy name Sheridan is also used as a girl name, with the latter form being somewhat more common. It is pronounced as -IHEHR-ih-DahN †. Sheridan is used predominantly in the English language and it is derived from Irish Gaelic origins. The name's meaning is peaceful; wild man.

Sheridan has 15 variants that are used in English and other languages. Variants used in English include Seireadan, Sherard, Sheredan, Shererd, Sheriden, Sheridon, Sheridun, Sheridyn, Sherod, Sherrard, Sherrerd, Sherridan, Sherrod, and Sherydan. A variant of Sheridan in other languages is Sirideain (Irish).

See also the related categories, english, man (humanity), wild, and irish.

Sheridan is unusual as a baby name for boys. Its usage peaked modestly in 1941 with 0.004% of baby boys being given the name Sheridan. It ranked at #896 then. The baby name has since experienced a loss in popularity, and is currently of irregular use. Among all boy names in its group, Sheridan was nonetheless the most commonly used in 2018. Though Sheridan is slightly more popular as a girl name today, there was a period from 1938 to 1941 that it was given more often to boys. From 1996 on, increasingly more girls than boys were named Sheridan.

A baby name that sounds like Sheridan is the name Iridian (English).

† Pronunciation for Sheridan: IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"