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Cherylene
How to Pronounce Cherylene
Pronounced shair-uh-LEEN /ˌʃɛr.əˈliːn/Medium
Meaning: Cherylene extends Cheryl — itself a twentieth-century blend of Cherie or Cherry with an -yl ending — by adding the -ene of Marlene and Charlene. Through the Cherie strand it carries the French chérie, 'darling.' It is a layered mid-century coinage rather than an old name.Low
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History & Origin
Cherylene is a layered coinage built on Cheryl, a name that arose in the early twentieth century by blending Cherie or Cherry with an -yl ending, then dressed further with the -ene suffix of Marlene and Charlene. Through Cherie it echoes the French chérie, 'darling.' A doubly fashioned name of its moment, it crested in the mid-1940s.
Cherylene was genuinely rare, borne by only a couple of hundred girls in all before it disappeared from the records by the early 1970s. A Cherylene from her peak is now in her seventies. The name reads as an elaborate mid-century one-off and has not revived, though Cheryl remains a recognized period name.
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What does the name Cherylene mean?
Cherylene extends Cheryl with the -ene ending; through its Cherie root it echoes the French chérie, 'darling.'
How do you pronounce Cherylene?
It's said shair-uh-LEEN /ˌʃɛr.əˈliːn/ — three syllables, stress on the last.
Is Cherylene a boy or girl name?
Cherylene is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Cherylene?
Cherylene was very rare, with a small crest in the mid-nineteen-forties before it fell from use.