Cherry

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Cherie in PH Philippines, HK Hong Kong and เชอร์รี่ in TH Thailand.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Cherry is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish surname56K records spelled Cherry17 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Colombia, Argentina, Mexico, Panama

  Also written Chërry, Chërrÿ, Cherrÿ, Čhèrry, Chérry

• a separate name11K records spelled Cherry6 spellings in the group

  Also written Čhëŕřÿ, Čhëřřý, Čhëřŕý, Ĉhérrÿ

• a separate name4.6K records spelled Cherry8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Anguilla, Finland, India

  Also written Çhërry, Chêrrÿ, Chërry, Chérrỳ, Çherry

• a separate name1.2K records spelled Cherry53 spellings in the group

  Also written Chéŕřŷ, Ćhërřy, Chëřřÿ, Chëřřý, Ćĥęrrÿ

77 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Cherry is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, from ME chirie, cherye ‘cherry’; probably grower or seller of cherries; first attested Robert Chyry 1284 AssLa

  as a name·A Dictionary of English Surnames

• In English, by a cherry tree, or metonymic occupational name for a grower and seller of cherries, from ME cheri(e) (a backformation from ANF cherise (see Cerisier), taken as a pi.). Vars.: Cherrie; Cherryman, Cherriman. Var.; Chynoweth.

  as a name·The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles

• In English, A small fruit, usually red, black or yellow, with a smooth hard seed and a short hard stem.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• CH IQUINQU I RÁ

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

• In Irish, An English occupational name, fairly numerous in Ulster since the seventeenth century. MIF

  as a name·The Surnames of Ireland

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 144 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Don Cherryb. 1934CACanadian ice hockey coach and television commentator
• Don Cherryb. 1936USAmerican jazz trumpeter (1936–1995)
• C. J. Cherryhb. 1942USnot in their usual nameUnited States science fiction and fantasy author
• Cherry Jonesb. 1956USAmerican actress
• Marc Cherryb. 1962USAmerican television writer and producer
• Eagle-Eye Cherryb. 1968SESwedish singer
• Jonathan Cherryb. 1978CACanadian actor
• Zach Cherryb. 1987USAmerican actor
• Cherry Kissb. 1992RSSerbian pornographic actress
• Jake Cherryb. 1996USAmerican actor

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 401 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Cherry?

We estimate roughly 26 thousand people bear Cherry (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Cherry have the most bearers?

Cherry is most frequently recorded in Anguilla, where it is most often spelled cherry.

What does the name Cherry mean?

Recorded meaning: ‘person who lives by a cherry tree’, or ‘grower or seller of cherries’