Sher can have a variety of meanings:
- Sher (poem), the common word for couplet in Persian and copied by Urdu
- Sher (dance), a form of dance in Eastern European folk music, notably Russian and Klezmer music
Sher or Shir is also a Persian word meaning Lion:
- Sher a Baloch tribe in Pakistan
- Sher Shah Suri, the king of Suri dynasty in India
- Sher-e-Punjab: Maharaja Ranjit Singh was the Lion of Punjab
- Shirokhorshid (Lion and sun), a Flag of Iran
"Sher" is also a surname:
- Antony Sher, British actor
- Barbara Sher, career/lifestyle coach, and author
- Bartlett Sher, American theatre director
- Eden Sher, American television actor
- Julian Sher, Canadian journalist
- Neal Sher, former head of the United States Justice Department's Nazi prosecution unit
- Stacey Sher, film producer
- Tamara Sher, American psychologist
- Thais Sher, British Actress, Presenter, Comedy Writer.
- Sher -E- Alam, Software Engineer, Lecturer,