Given name

Cherrell

“one who is greatly loved; a darling”

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

Meaning & origin

What it means

Cherrell 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

Cherrell 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 1960. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Cherrell through the years

Babies since 1880
433
0 boys · 433 girls
Most popular year
1986
50 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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Cherrell in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1960–2025, 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 2003. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 50 in 1986. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 385 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.

Cherrell’s family of names

Cherrell has a related form in Cheryl.

Walk Cherrell’s family in the name graph

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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 Cherrell, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

French

Chanel

“from the canal; a channel”

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>99% girls

English · Nature

Halley

“from the hall near the meadow”

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>99% girls

English

Chelsea

“from the landing place for chalk”

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>99% girls

English

Krystal

“resembling clear, sparkling, brilliant glass”

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>99% girls

English

Sable

“one who is sleek”

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5% boys · 95% girls

Mythological

Taryn

“of the thunder” · “from the high, rocky hill”

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7% boys · 93% girls

 

Krista

“follower of Christ”

30RareCooling

>99% girls

Latin

Erica

“ever the ruler”

44UncommonCooling

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

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

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