Name: Cheryl
Gender: Female
Usage: Cheryl is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Cheryl are in general originating from France, Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Cheryl across the world, see Cherie.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Cheryl is: Darling, Beloved.
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Numerology of the first name Cheryl: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 8. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: ambitious, successful, realistic, powerful, authoritative, courageous, leading.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Leader, Visionary
Ruling planet: Saturn
Colors: Black, Purple
Gemstones: Ruby, Amethyst
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The name Cheryl is ranked on the 195th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 2928200 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.041% of the population. The name Cheryl has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Cheryl for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Cheryl is 1 August.
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History and Origin
Cheryl is a female given name common in English speaking countries.
The name appeared in the early 20th century and was most popular during the early Cold War period. In America it was most popular from the 1940s to early 1980s and in the UK from the 1950s to early 1990s.
There are several prevailing theories about its etymology. The most common is that it is an Anglicized version of either the French name Cherie (from Latin Cara, being "beloved") or the Welsh name Cerys (a cognate of "Cara"), modeled on names such as Meryl and Beryl that were popular during the early decades of the 20th century.
Another theory is that the name is German in origin and is a feminine version of the Germanic male name Charles, which means "free man". An Anglo-Saxon (male) variant of Charles is Ceorl. Feminine variations of Charles include Charlotte, Carly, Carla and Caroline.
English: not found before the 1920s, and not common until the 1940s. It seems to be an artificial creation, perhaps the result of a crossing of Cherry with Beryl.
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