Sheri is a

female An organism's sex is female ( symbol: ♀) if it produces the ovum (egg cell), the type of gamete (sex cell) that fuses with the male gamete (sperm cell) during sexual reproduction. A female has larger gametes than a male. Females and ...

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

, from the

French French may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France ** French people, a nation and ethnic group ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Arts and media * The French (band), ...

for ''beloved'', and may refer to: *

Sheri Anderson Sheri Anderson is responsible for helming over 3000 hours of network television. She has been involved in every aspect of the writing process including long-term storyline, daily episode breakdowns, dialogue writing and editing, audition scenes a ...

, American TV writer *

Sheri Everts Sheri Everts is an American academic and educator. She served as the chancellor of Appalachian State University in North Carolina until her resignation on April 19, 2024. Early life and education Born and raised in Nebraska, Everts attended e ...

, American academic *

Sheri Forde Sheri Forde (born Sheri Hargrave; June 18, 1968) is a Canadian reporter on '' Sportsnet Tonight'', and formerly of The Sports Network (TSN), based in Toronto, Ontario. She has reported on the various Toronto sports teams. Forde joined TSN in 1998 f ...

, Canadian reporter *

Sheri Krams Sheri Michele Krams is an American immunologist and academic administrator serving as the senior associate dean for graduate education and postdoctoral affairs at Stanford University School of Medicine since 2020. She is a professor of surgery sp ...

, American immunologist and academic administrator *

Sheri Graner Ray Sheri Graner Ray is an American computer game designer. Active since 1990, she has worked for such companies as Electronic Arts, Origin Systems, Sony Online Entertainment, and Cartoon Network, and has worked on such licenses as ''Star Wars Galax ...

, video game specialist *

Sheri L. Dew Sheri Linn Dew (born November 21, 1953) is an American author, publisher, the executive vice president of Deseret Management Corporation, and chief executive officer of the Deseret Book Company, headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dew has al ...

(born c. 1954), Latter-day Saint leader *

Sheri Moon Sheri Moon Zombie (born Sheri Lyn Skurkis; September 26, 1970) is an American actress, model, dancer, and fashion designer. Early life Moon was born on September 26, 1970, in San Jose, California, the daughter of William "Bill" Skurkis (1947–20 ...

(born 1970), American actress *

Sheri Reynolds Sheri Reynolds (born c. 1967) is an author of contemporary Southern fiction. She was born and raised in rural South Carolina and lives on Virginia's eastern shore. She graduated from Conway High School in 1985, Davidson College in 1989, and V ...

, author *

Sheri S. Tepper Sheri Stewart Tepper (July 16, 1929 – October 22, 2016) was an American writer of science fiction, horror and mystery novels. She is primarily known for her feminist science fiction, which explored themes of sociology, gender and equality, a ...

(1929–2016), American author *

Sheri Sam Sheri Lynette Sam (born May 5, 1974) is an American professional women's basketball coach and player who played in the WNBA. She was born and raised in Lafayette, Louisiana as the youngest of eight siblings, and where she was a standout at Acadi ...

(born 1974), American professional basketball player Sheri is also a term appearing in older documents for

Sharia Sharia, Sharī'ah, Shari'a, or Shariah () is a body of religious law that forms a part of the Islamic tradition based on Islamic holy books, scriptures of Islam, particularly the Quran, Qur'an and hadith. In Islamic terminology ''sharīʿah'' ...

law. It, along with the French variant ''Chéri'', was used during the time of the Ottoman Empire, and is from the Turkish şer’(i).
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Martin Luther University Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (), also referred to as MLU, is a public research university in the cities of Halle and Wittenberg. It is the largest and oldest university in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. MLU offers German and i ...

) // Cited: p. 39 (PDF p. 41/338) // "“Chéri” may sound ambiguous in French but the term, used in our context for Islamic law (Turkish: şer’(i), is widely used in the legal literature at that time."

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