Given name

Cherell

“one who is greatly loved; a darling”

Cherell is a variant of Cher. One French interpretation is “one who is greatly loved; a darling.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Cherell is a variant of Cher. One French interpretation is “one who is greatly loved; a darling.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Cherell is a variant of Cher. An origin associated with Cher is French.

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1961. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Cherell through the years

Babies since 1880
394
0 boys · 394 girls
Most popular year
1989
32 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Cherell in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1961–2025, 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 5 in 2000. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 32 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 339 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.

Cherell’s family of names

Cherell has a related form in Cher.

Walk Cherell’s family in the name graph

CherellCherelleCher

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 1

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

Spellings & scripts 1

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

Similar names

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

French

Chanel

“from the canal; a channel”

45UncommonCooling

>99% girls

English

Chelsea

“from the landing place for chalk”

52UncommonCooling

>99% girls

 

Lacie

“woman from Normandy; as delicate as lace” · “man from Normandy; as delicate as lace”

36RareCooling

>99% girls

Literary

Alyse

“noble” · “kind”

33RareEasing

>99% girls

 

Ivette

“a young archer”

38RareRising

>99% girls

 

Shaina

“beautiful” · “a beautiful woman”

36RareSteady

>99% girls

 

Kassie

“an unheeded prophetess”

33RareEasing

>99% girls

Norwegian

Kirsten

“follower of Christ”

34RareCooling

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

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

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