Girl · English (modern coinage)
Sheryl Say it: SHAIR-ul
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Meaning A spelling of Cheryl, a 20th-century coinage probably from French chérie 'darling' with the ending -yl.
Likely the main view, with some doubt.
Most used in the US in the 1950s and 1960s.
Its wave through time A fashion of the 1950s
In the United States 0 1 2 3 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 1957 per 1,000 babies of that sex 78,939 babies given this name since 1921 At its height in 1957, about 1 in 495 girls 12 babies in 2020 The family of the name Other spellings: Cheryl, Sherill
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