# Cherine (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cherine/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Persian |
| Meaning | “sweet” |
| Pronunciation | /ʃɪˈɹiːn/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 127 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 127 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From the Persian شیرین (širin, “sweet”).

## What it means

Cherine is grouped under honey.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 8 | 5,218 |
| 1972 | 7 | 6,672 |
| 1973 | 8 | 6,178 |
| 1974 | 5 | 8,999 |
| 1975 | 5 | 9,317 |
| 1976 | 5 | 9,543 |
| 1977 | 6 | 8,633 |
| 1979 | 7 | 8,190 |
| 1980 | 6 | 9,290 |
| 1982 | 7 | 8,379 |
| 1986 | 5 | 11,245 |
| 1987 | 6 | 10,065 |
| 1988 | 6 | 10,608 |
| 1989 | 7 | 9,878 |
| 1990 | 5 | 13,373 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: شِيرِين

## People named Cherine

- Cherine Abdellaoui, Algerian Paralympic judoka

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.