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Cheryl (F)>

Cheryl (female)

Variants:Sherill (F) Sherrill (F) Sheryl (F)
Diminutive(s):Cher (F)
Derivative(s):Cherelle (F)
Derivative of:Chérie (F) Cherry (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

English, since about 1920. Assumed to be a derivative of Cherry [q.v.] or of the French Chérie.