Given name
Cherisse
“one who is greatly loved; a darling”
Cherisse is a variant of Cher. One French interpretation is “one who is greatly loved; a darling.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cherisse 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
Cherisse 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 1950. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cherisse through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,064
- 0 boys · 1,064 girls
- Most popular year
- 1974
- 47 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 47 in 1974. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 988 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.
Cherisse’s family of names
Cherisse has a related form in Cher.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
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 Cherisse
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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