Given name & surname
Cerise
“resembling the cherry”
Cerise is used as a given name and a surname. One French interpretation is “resembling the cherry.”
Original FrenchCeryse
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “resembling the cherry.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1951. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cerise through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 786
- 0 boys · 786 girls
- Most popular year
- 1955
- 29 babies
- 2025
- 17
- #6,595 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +136%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 17 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,595 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 29 in 1955. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 648 as a first name in 2020; 391 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Cerise’s family of names
Cerise has a related form in Cerisa. In French usage, Cerise has a related form in CERYSE.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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