Given name

Charyl

“one who is greatly loved; a darling”

Charyl is a variant of Cheryl. One English interpretation is “one who is greatly loved; a darling.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Charyl is a variant of Cheryl. One English interpretation is “one who is greatly loved; a darling.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Charyl is a variant of Cheryl. An origin associated with Cheryl is English.

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1943. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Charyl through the years

Babies since 1880
782
0 boys · 782 girls
Most popular year
1960
36 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
01020301960198020002025Highest share 19440.0
Charyl in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1943–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1989. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 36 in 1960. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 715 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Charyl’s family of names

Charyl has a related form in Cheryl.

Walk Charyl’s family in the name graph

CharylCharilCherylCharryl

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

People named Charyl

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Charyl, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

English · Literary

Sheryl

“one who is greatly loved; a darling” · “from the bright clearing”

18Very rareEasing

>99% girls

Finnish

Jani

“God is gracious”

19Very rareSteady

4% boys · 96% girls

Germanic languages · Literary

Charlene

“a small, strong woman”

39RareEasing

>99% girls

English

Peri

Peri is a surname. It is used in English and Finnish.

23RareEasing

>99% girls

Mythological

Dori

“a gift of God” · “of the ancient Greek tribe, the Dorians”

21RareRising fast

>99% girls

English

Sherry

“one who is greatly loved; a darling”

24RareCooling

>99% girls

 

Terri

“a harvester” · “learned”

22RareCooling

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Charyl’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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