| Pronunciation | Sheri |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | French |
| Meaning | "beloved" |
| Region of origin | French |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Chari, Chéri, Cheri, Cherie, Cherri, Cherrie, Shari, Sherie, Sherri, Sherrie, Shery |
Sheri is a female given name, from the French for beloved, and may refer to:
- Sheri Anderson, American TV writer
- Sheri Everts, American academic
- Sheri Forde, Canadian reporter
- Sheri Krams, American immunologist and academic administrator
- Sheri Graner Ray, video game specialist
- Sheri L. Dew (born c. 1954), Latter-day Saint leader
- Sheri Moon (born 1970), American actress
- Sheri Reynolds, author
- Sheri S. Tepper (1929–2016), American author
- Sheri Sam (born 1974), American professional basketball player
Sheri is also a term appearing in older documents for Sharia law. It, along with the French variant Chéri, was used during the time of the Ottoman Empire, and is from the Turkish şer’(i).
See also
Alternative spellings include
- Chari (disambiguation)
- Cheri (disambiguation)
- Cherie
- Cherri (disambiguation)
- Cherrie
- Cherry (disambiguation)
- Shari (disambiguation)
- Sherie
- Sherri (disambiguation)
- Sherrie
- Sherry (disambiguation)
- Shery
References
- Sheri - Meaning and origin of the name Sheri
- "Corps de Droit Ottoman". Law Quarterly Review. 21. Stevens and Sons: 443-444. October 1905. - Number LXXXIV "The religious law of the Sheri, of which the ultimate source is the Koran," - A review of Corps de Droit Ottoman
- Strauss, Johann (2010). "A Constitution for a Multilingual Empire: Translations of the Kanun-ı Esasi and Other Official Texts into Minority Languages". In Herzog, Christoph; Malek Sharif (eds.). The First Ottoman Experiment in Democracy. Wurzburg. pp. 21–51.
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