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Cherry (female)

Variants:Chérie (F) Sheree (F) Sherry (F)
Diminutive for:Charity (F)
Pet Name(s):Cher (F)
Derivative(s):Cheryl (F) Cheryth (F) Sheryl (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:

English occasional pet-name for Charity, but also possibly derived from the name of the fruit or an Anglicized version of the French chérie, "darling" which is also used as a forename.

Cherry is now more common as a given name than Charity.
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