Cherry - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Cherry \

is pronounced CHARE-ee. It is of Middle English and Old French origin. 19th-century coinage probably from the fruit-bearing tree of the rose family (Middle English "cherie", from Old French "cherise"). Sometimes also derived as a transferred use of the surname made famous by naturalist and photographer Cherry Kearton. Also a pet form of Charity, as used by Charles Dickens in "Martin Chuzzlewit" (1844), or variant of Chery. Modern use may sometimes be an Anglicisation of the French Chérie (see Cherie).

Cherry has 9 variant forms: Chere, Cheree, Cherey, Cherida, Cherise, Cherita, Cherrey, Cherri and Cherrie.

For more information, see also related names Cerise, Cheryl, Cheryth and Cher.

Baby names that sound like Cherry are Sherry and Cheray.

Cherry is a very common first name for women (#922 out of 4276) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#780 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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