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Cheray
How to Pronounce Cheray
Pronounced shuh-RAY /ʃəˈreɪ/Low
Meaning: Cheray belongs to the Cherie and Cheree family, names built on the French cher, 'dear' or 'beloved,' and its feminine cherie, a term of endearment. Cheray reshapes that ending into an -ay close, so it carries the affectionate French sense in a modern American spelling. The exact route for any family is uncertain.Low
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U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Cheray is a modern name in the Cherie and Cheree family, from the French cher, 'dear' or 'beloved.' It reshapes the familiar ending into an -ay sound, part of the 1960s taste for soft, French-flavored girl names. The affectionate meaning carries through from cher, though the precise route is uncertain.
Cheray stayed rare, given to only about fourteen girls a year around its 1966 peak, alongside the more common Cherie and Sherry. A girl named Cheray then is in her late fifties today, part of the mid-century vogue for French endearment names.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Cheray mean?
It comes from the French cher, 'dear' or 'beloved,' in the Cherie and Cheree family; the exact route is uncertain.
How do you pronounce Cheray?
It is said shuh-RAY /ʃəˈreɪ/ - two syllables, stress on the last.
Is Cheray a boy or girl name?
Cheray is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Cheray?
It was always rare, given to only about fourteen girls a year at its peak in the mid nineteen-sixties.