Cherrelle
Feminine
Cherrelle doubles a consonant that French leaves single and adds an ending that French would not use here — a name built from French parts by somebody working from the sound.
How old is the name Cherrelle?
Cherrelle first appears in US birth records in 1974 — 51 years ago. The typical Cherrelle alive today was born around 1988, making them about 37 years old. About 800 people named Cherrelle are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Cherrelle most popular?
Cherrelle peaked in 1986, reaching #879 nationally. See the whole 1986 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Cherrelle
The word at the front has an unusual double life in France: cher is an ordinary adjective meaning dear or expensive, and it is also a river, and a department named after the river. English speakers meet it only in the affectionate sense, usually in the phrase used at the start of a letter, and it arrived in American naming as a sound rather than as a word — which is why the names built from it treat it as a syllable and double its consonants freely. A French speaker looking at this spelling sees two decisions that French orthography would never make, arranged around a word it uses every day.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The front resembles the French word for dear, which is genuinely behind several American names; the ending is a French diminutive borrowed as a feminine marker. Assembled this way the result is not a French name and carries no meaning from either piece.
Pronouncing Cherrelle
shuh-RELL
Two syllables with the stress at the back. The doubled r and the final e are both silent as changes.
Nicknames for Cherrelle
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
- 1974
- Most girls named
- 1986188 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #879reached in 1986
- Change vs 1996
- −37.5%5 in 2004, from 8
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.
Cherrelle in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Chérie in French — related form
Cherrelles among us
people named Cherrelle 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
Cherrelle 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 back stress gives it a strong finish and resists clipping.
- It is read correctly on sight.
- It shortens two ways and both forms are usable.
- Cherelle, Sherrelle and Cherell are all in the record and hers will be written as one of them.
- It looks French and is not, which a French speaker will notice immediately.
- The name dates its bearer to a particular decade.
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Frequently asked
- How many Cherrelles are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Cherrelle are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Cherrelle in 2025?
- Cherrelle is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Cherrelle with classmates?
- Cherrelle will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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