Given name
Cherrill
“one who is greatly loved; a darling”
Cherrill is a variant of Cheryl. One English interpretation is “one who is greatly loved; a darling.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cherrill 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
Cherrill 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 1931. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cherrill through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 173
- 0 boys · 173 girls
- Most popular year
- 1942
- 19 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 5 in 1967. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 19 in 1942. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 224 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.
Cherrill’s family of names
Cherrill has a related form in Cheryl.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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