Re: origins of "Cheryl"
in reply to a message by macgrub
The link below is to a 'popularity history' of Cheryl (a graph). As you can see it appeared in the 1930s. No famous 1930s Cheryls spring to mind, though, sorry.
http://www.behindthename.com/php/search.php?terms=cheryl&popterm=&gender=both&extra=p
http://www.behindthename.com/php/search.php?terms=cheryl&popterm=&gender=both&extra=p