Cherian
Meaning
a hereditary Saint Thomas Christian name whose Syriac-era source is debated, with Zacharias and Kyriakos both traditional claims; Kerala Christian families traditionally name the first son for his paternal grandfather, so Cherian recurs in alternating generations of the same family tree
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Cherian has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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