Cherese
Feminine
Cherese begins with two letters that could be said three ways, and the name depends entirely on the reader picking the French one. The same letters in the Greek word most often proposed as its ancestor would be a hard k.
How old is the name Cherese?
Cherese first appears in US birth records in 1956 — 69 years ago. The typical Cherese alive today was born around 1978, making them about 47 years old. About 700 people named Cherese are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Cherese most popular?
Cherese peaked in 1972, reaching #2057 nationally. See the whole 1972 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Cherese
English inherited three values for ch and gives a reader no way to tell which applies. Words that came from Greek keep a hard k, because the letters are transliterating a Greek chi: chorus, chaos, character, chrome. Words that came from French keep the French sh: chef, machine, chandelier, chic. Native English words have the ch of church. A name is the hardest case, because there is no etymology visible on the page and nothing to go on but the shape. This one wants the French value, and readers who reach for the Greek or the English one produce a different name entirely.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Cherise, Charisse and Therese have all been offered as sources and none is documented. They point in different directions, and the spelling does not choose between them.
Pronouncing Cherese
shuh-REESE
Two syllables with the weight on the second. The ch is the French sh and the final s is sharp rather than buzzed.
Nicknames for Cherese
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1956
- Most girls named
- 197238 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2057reached in 1972
- Change vs 1999
- +16.7%7 in 2000, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Chereses among us
people named Cherese are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Cherese sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- The stress is unmistakable, so it is rarely mispronounced once the opening is settled.
- Cher and Reese are both available as short forms and both are established.
- It is soft throughout with no difficult consonant in it.
- The opening letters mislead readers on first sight, which is a correction made often.
- Cherise, Charisse and Sharisse are all in the record and will be confused with it.
- No origin is documented, so the meaning question has three candidates and no answer.
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Frequently asked
- How many Chereses are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Cherese are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Cherese in 2025?
- Cherese is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Cherese with classmates?
- Cherese will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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