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I like it

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I went to high school (20 years ago) with a Cherish, who was quite lovely and kind. I really like this name. After all, I cherish my own daughters, so why not? And I like Heavenly and Precious too. I'm in Texas, I hear these names from time to time, particularly among black kids (I'm white), and I like them. I see that opinions run very much the other way, which is frankly another reason I like it. Not too much chance of it getting ridiculously popular.

Heard that name for the first time on SVU: Law & Order a few nights ago. It's one thing to use it on TV but in real life?! I don't know about that one!

Yuck. It might be Ok for a middle name if you like it.

Ewww, I find it quite trashy. I've heard it a couple of times before, too, though.

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~Heather~

Actually, I hate the word cherish. There's something about it that makes me squeamish. Weird, eh? So no, I definitely don't like it as a name, though I suppose it's not bad for someone else ...

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♥Elinor♥

This message was edited 3/5/2006, 2:27 AM

I don't like it either. It doesn't help that the only person I know with the name is a total idiot and got herself arrested for under-aged drinking.

Absolutely, positively awful.

I suppose it's in the same trend as naming your child Precious, Miracle, Trinity, Heavenly, or Princess and I don't really like those but this is okay.

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Ladybugs all dressed in red,
Waltzing thru the flower bed!
If I were tiny, just like you,
I'd dance among the flowers too!

I think it could be worse. One of my totally guilty pleasure names is Cherry, so the general sound of it doesn't bug me. I think it's about a million times better than Treasure or Precious, too, so when I consider the alternatives it just makes it seem that much better. :-)

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Similarly, I went to school with a girl named Cherith. The name isn't related (or lisped :-) ) at all, but that was always what it reminded me of. My barest attempt at finding out what Cherith might mean, by the way, yielded this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherith. Kind of interesting, I thought.

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www.qwantz.com

I like Cherish, but not Charish. Is that supposed to be Cherish? looks nothing like it.

I would suspect the child's name was probably Cherish.

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I don't like it.

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♦ Chrisell ♦

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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.