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Cherie - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Cherie
 
 

 



[ 2 syll. (c)he-rie, ch-er-ie ] The girl name Cherie is pronounced as CHIHRiy KEY. Cherie is used mostly in English and its language of origin is French. Derived from the element 'chérie' with the meaning darling. The name was adopted by English speakers in the 20th century.

The name Cherie is used to a great extent; it has 24 variant forms that are used in both English and other languages. English variant forms of Cherie include Cheree, Chereena, Cherena, Cheri, Cherry, Cheyrie, Scherie, Sharay, Shary, Sheree, Shereena, Sheri, Sheria, Sherie, Sherrelle, Sherri, Sherry, Shery, Shiree, and Shuree. Other English variants include the short form Cher, and the pet forms Cherette and Sherrill. A variant form of Cherie used in other languages is the Iranian Shereen.

See also the related form, the English and German Cheryl.

Cherie is rare as a baby name for girls. At the peak of its usage in 1969, 0.056% of baby girls were named Cherie. Its ranking then was #284. The baby name has since suffered a substantial decline in frequency, and is currently used on a very modest scale. Out of all girl names in its group, Cherie was nevertheless the most commonly used in 2007.

Baby names that sound like Cherie include the English Cerria, the English Chara, the English Chari, the English Charie, the Spanish Charo, the English Cheree, the English Cherri, the English Cherrie, the English Cherry, the English Chery, the English Ciaara, the English Ciarrah, the English Char, the English Cieara, the English Chere, and the English Ciearra.

KEY: Pronunciation for Cherie: CH as in "cheese (CH.IY.Z)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"


Details of famous persons named Cherie:
Actress Cherie Lunghi, born 4 April 1952, London, England.
Political Relative Cherie Blair, born 23 September 1954, Bury, Lancashire, England.

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