Given name
Cherilyn
“one who is greatly loved; a darling”
Cherilyn is a variant of Cheryl. One English interpretation is “one who is greatly loved; a darling.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cherilyn 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
Cherilyn 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 1941. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cherilyn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,363
- 0 boys · 2,363 girls
- Most popular year
- 1972
- 161 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,406 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,406 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 161 in 1972. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,125 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.
Cherilyn’s family of names
In English usage, Cherilyn has a short form in Cher. Cherilyn has a related form in Cheryl.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Cherilyn
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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