Cheryl

Modern invented name, variation of Cherie, French

"darling"

Cheryl Origin and Meaning

The name Cheryl is a girl's name of French origin meaning "darling".

As frozen in the pre-Beatles era as short white gloves.

Cheryl Rank in US Top 1000

# 992 in the US

Popularity of the name Cheryl

• 1687 Nameberry 2025

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Famous People Named Cheryl

• Cheryl Cole (born Cheryl Ann Fernandez Versini), English singer
• Cheryl Jean (Stoppelmoor) Ladd American actress
• Cheryl Ann Tweedy English singer of group Girls Aloud
• Cheryl Stephanie Burke American dancer
• Cheryl Ruth Hines American actress
• Cheryl R. James aka Salt American rapper of group Salt,n,Pepa
• Cheryl Strayed American memoirist and author
• Cheryl Lynn (born Lynda Cheryl Smith Sunset), American disco singer
• Cheryl Bernard Canadian Olympic curler
• Cheryl Studer German operatic soprano
• Cheryl Elizabeth Gamble aka Coko American R&B singer
• Cheryl Hickey Canadian TV journalist
• Cheryl Fergison English actress
• Cheryl Lynn Holdridge American actress
• Cheryl D. Miller American basketball player, coach and reporter
• Cheryl Baker (born Rita Maria Crudgington) English TV presenter and singer of group Bucks Fizz
• Cheryl Rae Tiegs American model
• Cheryl Gates McFadden American actress and choreographer

The name Cheryl in Pop Culture

• Cheryl Mason character in the video game series "Silent Hill"
• Cheryl Mabel wife on TV's "According to Jim"
• Cheryl Truelane character from TV series "American Gothic"
• Cheryl Blossom character in Archie Comics and TV series "Riverdale"
• Cheryl "Cherry" Rollins character on an episode of TV's "Criminal Minds"