Sherene

Meaning of Sherene

Sherene drifts onto the tongue like the final note of a bolero, a mellifluous cousin of the Persian Shirin—“sweet” or “pleasant”—whose legendary namesake once stole the heart of King Khosrow in a tale as rich as tres leches. Over centuries the name wandered from the saffron-scented courts of ancient Iran to today’s Spanish-speaking plazas, gathering a cosmopolitan luster while never losing its honeyed core. Statisticians would call her a rara avis: in California she fluttered into birth records only a handful of times in the 1960s through early 1980s, peaking at just eight newborns in 1964, yet each appearance glimmered like a comet across a clear noche. To modern ears Sherene sounds at once familiar and exotic—an elegant alternative to Serena, with the same soothing cadence but an extra dash of spice. Parents drawn to names that whisper “sweetness” while promising individuality may find that Sherene, much like a well-strummed guitarra, strikes exactly the right chord.

Pronunciation

English

• Pronunced as shuh-REEN (/ʃəˈriːn/)

• Shireen
• Sherine
• Shereen
• Sherena
• Shirene
• Sharina
• Shareen