Cherry (given name)

Cherry is a given name with multiple origins. In some instances, the given name is a transferred use of the surname Cherry. In other instances, the name was given in reference to the fruit, originated as a nickname for the name Charity, or was an English version of the French term of endearment chérie.^[1]

It may refer to:

• Cherry (athlete) (born 1973), Burmese Olympic hurdler
• Cherry Chevapravatdumrong (born 1977), American screenwriter
• Cherry Logan Emerson (chemist) (1916–2007), American chemist
• Cherry Hood (born 1960), Australian artist
• Cherry Jones (born 1956), American actress
• Cherry Kearton (1871–1940), British photographer
• Cherry Lou (born 1982), Filipina actress
• Cherry Mardia, Indian actress
• Cherry Marshall (1923–2006), British fashion model and agent
• Cherry Pie Picache (born 1970), Filipina actress
• Cherry "Sisi" Rondina (born 1996), Filipino volleyball player
• Cherry Smith (1943–2008), American vocalist
• Cherry Wainer (1935–2014), South African musician
• Cherry Wilder (1930–2002), New Zealand writer
• Cherry Valance, a character from the 1967 novel The Outsiders