Behind the Name: Message: "Welcome to BtN, Cheryl!"

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Subject:	Welcome to BtN, Cheryl!
Author:	Nanaea (Authenticated as Nanaea)
Date:	August 30, 2001 at 9:42:29 PM
Reply to:	The real ethnicity of the name Cheryl by cheryl

And thanks for the props. I'm blushing. :)

According to my reference sources, the name Cheryl came into popular usage in the 1920s and was a development from "Cherry" -- an old pet name for "Charity". Charity, of course, was a Puritan virtue name, derived from the New Testament word for love. Tracing this word back to its New Testament Greek roots, the original form would be "Charis".

How'd I do? ;)

-- Nanaea

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Messages in this thread:

The real ethnicity of the name Cheryl - cheryl Aug 30 2001, 9:11:29 PM
- The Original Cheryl may have been a guy :) - Pavlos Aug 31 2001, 1:48:29 AM
  - False alarm...must have been a gal! - Pavlos Aug 31 2001, 2:12:30 AM
    - Re: False alarm...must have been a gal! - Nanaea Aug 31 2001, 6:00:04 AM
      - A "man-at-arms magistrate" and "inserted Greek"? n/t - Pavlos Aug 31 2001, 6:56:12 AM
- Welcome to BtN, Cheryl! - Nanaea Aug 30 2001, 9:42:29 PM
  - Re: Welcome to BtN, Cheryl! - Cheryl Aug 30 2001, 10:04:23 PM
    - Re: Welcome to BtN, Cheryl! - Nanaea Aug 30 2001, 10:21:00 PM

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