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 [ 1 syll. (c)her, ch-er ] The girl name Cher is pronounced as SHEHR KEY. Cher is used chiefly in English. Its origin is English and French. English and French origin: Derived literally from the vocabulary word 'cher' with the meaning dear. The name has been adopted by English speakers since the early 20th century; it is most famous from the US pop singer Cher (1946-). The name Sher (English) is a variant of Cher. In addition, Cher is a short form of the name Cherie (English). Cher is also a short form of the name Cheryl (English and German) in the English language. Cher is also a short form of the name Cherry (English). Cher is also a spelling variant of the name Chere (English). Cher is rare as a baby girl name. At the modest peak of its usage in 1972, 0.015% of baby girls were named Cher. It had a ranking of #650 then. The baby name has suffered a substantial fall in popularity since then, and is today of very light use. Out of all girl names in its family, Cher was nevertheless the most popular in 2008. Baby names that sound like Cher include Sarai (English), Sarha (English), Sarhah (English), Scherie (English), Seira (English), Shahar (Hebrew), Shar (English), Sharai (Hebrew), Sharay (English), Sher (English), Shere (English), Shir (Hebrew and English), Sri (Indian), Suhair (Arabic), Ceara (English and Irish), Cera (English and Irish), Ceri (Welsh and English), Cheri (English), Ciera (Irish and English), and Cierra (English). KEY: Pronunciation for Cher: SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)"   |
