Sherar Family Crest & Name History

Sherar is a spelling of the Scottish surname Shearer. The name is usually explained as “shearer of sheep or cloth”.

Records show Sherar as one of the forms Shearer took over time. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Related forms: Sheerer and Sharer.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Sherar, so the heraldry linked to Shearer is a starting point, not an automatic right. Want more than a summary? See the Sherar family name pack.