Sheryl Lee Ralph is an American actress, singer, and activist. She made her screen debut in the 1977 comedy film A Piece of the Action, before landing her breakthrough role as Deena Jones in the Broadway musical Dreamgirls, for which she received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical.
Sheryl Kara Sandberg is an American technology executive, activist, and author. She is the chief operating officer of Facebook and founder of Leanin.org. In June 2012, she was elected to the board of directors by the existing board members, becoming the first woman to serve on Facebook's board. Before she joined Facebook as its COO, Sandberg was vice president of global online sales and operations at Google, and was involved in launching Google's philanthropic arm Google.org. Before Google, Sandberg served as chief of staff for United States Secretary of the Treasury Lawrence Summers.
While I hate the names Meryl and Beryl, I think Sheryl is a pretty name. It's definitely much more mature and dignified than Sheri and variants. However, this name sounds very 1970s, and it's not very common now. That's why the name is likely to make people picture a middle-aged woman, even if a slender and pretty one, unlike Sharon and Deborah. But it does sound like the name of someone who ages ''gracefully'' and looks pretty even at an older age, if 40 really counts as old. The name sounds somewhat more like the name of a blonde than that of a dark haired woman or a brunette, and I can't imagine this name on redheads for some reason.