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Cheryl - Origin and Meaning of the name

 
 

 



[ 2 syll. (c)he-ryl, ch-er-yl ] The girl name Cheryl is pronounced as SHEHRahL KEY. Cheryl is primarily used in the English and German languages. Its language of origin is English. The name was coined in the 20th century, probably from Cherie or Cherry under the influence of Beryl.

The name Cheryl is widely used; it has 32 forms. Forms of Cheryl include Charell, Charelle, Charyl, Cherell, Cherelle, Cherill, Cherrell, Cherryl, Cheryle, Cheryll, Cheryn, Sharell, Sharrell, Sharyl, Sheralyn, Sherell, Sherill, Sherlyn, Sherrel, Sherrell, Sherril, Sherrill, Sherryl, Sheryell, Sheryl, Sheryle, Sheryll, and Shiral. The short form Cher, and the pet forms Cheralyn, Cherilyn, and Sherilyn are other English variants.

See also the related forms, the English and German Beryl, the English Cherie, and the English Cherry.

Cheryl is an uncommon baby girl name. At the height of its usage in 1958, 1.167% of baby girls were given the name Cheryl. It had a ranking of #13 then. The baby name has fallen from favor since then, and is now used on an infrequent scale. In 2007, within the family of girl names directly linked to Cheryl, the English Sherlyn was the most popular. The name Cheryl has been mainly given to girls, though it has also been used as a boy name in the last century. There were 417 times more girls than boys who were named Cheryl in 1958.

Baby names that sound like Cheryl include the English Sharyl, the English Sherill, the English Sherrell, the English Sherrill, the English Sheryl, the English Sheryle, the Welsh Ceril, the English and French Cyrille, the Irish Sérlait, the English Sharell, the English Sharlotte, the English Sharrell, the English Sherley, the English Sherrel, the English Sherrelle, the English Sherril, the English Sherryl, the English Shiral, the English Shirlee, the English Shirley, the Slavic Cirila, the English Cyrilla, the English Sheryll, the English Shirl, and the English Sheryell.

KEY: Pronunciation for Cheryl: SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"


Details of famous persons named Cheryl:
Model Cheryl Tiegs, born 25 September 1947.
Singer Cheryl Ladd, born Cheryl Jean Stoppelmoor July 12, 1951, Huron, South Dakota.
Singer Cheryl Baker, born Rita Maria Crudgington 8 March 1954, London, England.

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