New Post
Search
Help[Opinions] Re: Cheryl
in reply to a message by lawrencecostin3db
I certainly believe names are "valid" even if they were created yesterday.
(Technically, Cheryl may go back about a decade before 1900 since the earliest sure example in the United States census seems to be Cheryl Merrill, born in Michigan in August 1889 and living with her widowed mother Alice in Oakland, California in 1900.)
I think Cheryl is an excellent example of how a spelling which is actually rather unusual in terms of everyday English can become cemented as the "normal" spelling in people's minds.
The theatrical producer Cheryl Crawford (born in Ohio in 1902) helped to make the name famous and is certainly an example of a woman who was extremely successful in a "masculine" career at a time when that was difficult for women. I think having her as a namesake should make any woman proud.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cheryl-Crawford
(Technically, Cheryl may go back about a decade before 1900 since the earliest sure example in the United States census seems to be Cheryl Merrill, born in Michigan in August 1889 and living with her widowed mother Alice in Oakland, California in 1900.)
I think Cheryl is an excellent example of how a spelling which is actually rather unusual in terms of everyday English can become cemented as the "normal" spelling in people's minds.
The theatrical producer Cheryl Crawford (born in Ohio in 1902) helped to make the name famous and is certainly an example of a woman who was extremely successful in a "masculine" career at a time when that was difficult for women. I think having her as a namesake should make any woman proud.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cheryl-Crawford
Archived Thread - replies disabled
1