Cherrish
Feminine · “From the word cherish”
Cherrish is the word cherish with a doubled r, which puts cherry at the front of it. Both words have American histories: one in the wedding vows, the other in Washington's spring.
How old is the name Cherrish?
Cherrish first appears in US birth records in 1971 — 54 years ago. The typical Cherrish alive today was born around 2004, making them about 21 years old. About 600 people named Cherrish are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Cherrish most popular?
Cherrish peaked in 1972, reaching #4793 nationally. See the whole 1972 chart.
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Where it comes from
From chérir to Cherrish
The story of Cherrish
When the English prayer book set out the marriage service, it had the couple promise 'to love and to cherish, till death us depart', words said at weddings ever since. Tokyo sent Washington a gift of cherry trees, but the first shipment arrived infested with insects and was burned; the city tried again, and the trees planted around the Tidal Basin became the capital's spring festival. Cherrish is one of the spellings families used for the word as a name.
Meaning
From the word cherish
Cherish comes from French chérir, 'to hold dear'. Cherrish doubles the r.
How the name formed
- chérir
- cherish
- Cherrish
Related forms: Cherish
Pronouncing Cherrish
CHAIR-ish
Two syllables with the stress on the first.
Nicknames for Cherrish
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
- 1971
- Most girls named
- 200627 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #4793reached in 1972
- Change vs 2023
- +16.7%7 in 2024, 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.
Cherrish in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Cherish in English — spelling variant
Cherrishs among us
people named Cherrish 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
Cherrish 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
- A real word with a loving meaning.
- Easy to say.
- Rare, so a Cherrish is unlikely to share her name.
- Almost everyone will write Cherish.
- The doubled r may be read as a slip.
- Some find word names sentimental.
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Frequently asked
- How many Cherrishs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Cherrish are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Cherrish in 2025?
- Cherrish is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Cherrish with classmates?
- Cherrish will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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