Cherry is a given name with multiple origins. In some instances, the given name is a transferred use of the surname Cherry. In other instances, the name was given in reference to the fruit, originated as a nickname for the name Charity, or was an English version of the French term of endearment chérie.[1]
It may refer to:
- Cherry Chevapravatdumrong, American screenwriter
- Cherry Logan Emerson (chemist) (1916–2007), American chemist
- Cherry Hood (born 1960), Australian artist
- Cherry Jones (born 1956), American actress
- Cherry Kearton (1871–1940), British photographer
- Cherry Mardia, Indian actress
- Cherry Marshall (1923–2006), British fashion model and agent
- Cherry Smith (1943–2008), American vocalist
- Cherry Wainer (1935–2014), South African musician
- Cherry Wilder (1930–2002), New Zealand writer
- Cherry Valance, a character from the 1967 novel The Outsiders
Notes edit
- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 54. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.
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