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Cherry

girl name · English origin · 2 syllables

Meaning

a vintage nickname-name (popularized by the 1930s-50s Cherry Ames book series); a direct translation for the Vietnamese name Mai, which itself means apricot or cherry blossom

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 1940s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Cherry peaked in the 1940s.

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