About the Sherley Surname

Spelled Sherley, the surname still points back to Shirley. Read literally, Sherley points to “Shire clearing”.

Family crest and blazon

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Sherley, so the heraldry linked to Shirley is a starting point, not an automatic right.

A variant of Shirley

Spelled with “e” instead of “i”, Sherley shows how the same name was heard and written differently. You may also find the name written Shirly.

Sherley ranked 39,004 in the 2010 US Census, with 565 people answering to the name. That is enough to place it in the top 50,000 American surnames. For the full story, order the Sherley surname pack.