Sherline

Meaning of Sherline

Sherline, an English-crafted name melding the old French cher, “dear,” with the delicate suffix –line, glides across the tongue like moonlight on lacquered wood, evoking bamboo groves and the poised grace of a Japanese crane reflected in a silent koi pond. Through the twentieth century only a handful of tiny girls each year bore the name in America—hovering in the high 700s on the popularity charts—and by the new millennium it had retreated into artistry’s hush, as rare and refined as a falling sakura petal. It speaks in haiku rhythm, each syllable a brushstroke in an ink-washed scene where cherry blossoms flutter in deliberate arcs, and this unexpected pairing of urban poise and pastoral serenity carries the dry humor of a Zen master’s unspoken smile. To bestow Sherline upon a daughter is to weave for her a tapestry of cool sophistication and whispered poetry, expansive in its quiet resonance.

Pronunciation

English

• Pronunced as SHUR-leen (/ˈʃɜr.lin/)

• Sherlyn
• Sherlene
• Sherlita