Cheryl is a 20th-century American blend of Cherie + Beryl — from the French cher ("dear") + the Greek beryllos (the gemstone beryl). **A top-30 US baby name from 1947 to 1965, peaking at #14 in 1958**. **Cheryl Strayed (born 1968)** — American memoirist; *Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail* (2012) spent 7+ weeks at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and was adapted to a 2014 film starring Reese Witherspoon. **Cheryl Tiegs (born 1947)** — American supermodel; *Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue* cover three times. **Cheryl Boone Isaacs (born 1949)** — first African American president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Subject of Cheryl Strayed's *Tiny Beautiful Things* (2012) and *Wild* (2014 film).
Cheryl reduces to two — the number of beloved.