Cherry
A girls’ name of Old English origin, meaning cherry fruit.
Cherry by the numbers
In 2025, 39 babies in England and Wales were named Cherry. In the US, 26 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 354 babies in 1947, so it is a 1940s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Cherry. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Cherry
Names that are said the same way as Cherry, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Sherrybeloved; a form of Cherie64 in the US (2017)
- Cheriedear one; beloved11 in the US (2017)
- Sherribeloved; a form of Cherie11 in the US (2017)
- Cheridear or beloved; form of Chère8 in the US (2017)
- Sheribeloved; a form of Cheryl or Sherry8 in the US (2017)
- Cherriedear or beloved; a form of Cherie3 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean a vine or fruit
Like Cherry, each of these has a vine or fruit in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Lianato bind or wrap around; climbing vine150 in England and Wales (2025)
- Carmellavineyard or garden of god; a form of Carmel162 in the US (2017)
- Staceyfruitful or productive; a form of Stacy109 in the US (2017)
- Sakuracherry blossom68 in the US (2017)
- Maicherry blossom; or month of may19 in England and Wales (2025)
- Semirafertile; fruitful; an alternate form of Samira33 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Cherry
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