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Cherish

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KnockMeDown · 16/09/2017 19:00

I heard this today at a soft play. She was only about 1yr old, and had an older sister India. What do you think? I kind of think it's cute, but a bit try hard.

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2cats2many · 25/09/2017 20:50

I know a very lovely little girl called Cherish. Nothing chavvy about it at all Greendale

Somanythings · 25/09/2017 20:45

I love the name Cherish, first time I heard it was on master chef a few weeks back

MikeUniformMike · 21/09/2017 22:11

I think it's ok. Quite pretty. It might suggest an ethnic background. I think I might expect a Cherish to be Filipino or Nigerian.

lollipop7 · 21/09/2017 21:49

@HaHaHmm I was speaking for myself. So what if it was a bit bitchy, get over it. In my opinion it's a name that connotes something in particular, that being it. This is a baby names thread just in case you need it pointing out it's a bit lighthearted and of course subjective

It was in fact you that decided to speak for more than merely yourself and instead for a vast swathe of a continent by introducing their use of this name in the context of a cultural paradigm.

Hope that clears things up for you 😊

greendale17 · 21/09/2017 19:58

Chavtastic

reup · 21/09/2017 19:56

I worked with someone called Cherish - so she obviously passed an interview. She's was white British and about to start an MA.

ClashCityRocker · 21/09/2017 19:53

I'd be worried it would be converted to 'Chez' or even worse, 'chezza'

Scribblegirl · 21/09/2017 19:46

I know a Cherish but she is of African decent. Like it or not I think people will make an assumption about ethnicity.

ScarletForYa · 21/09/2017 19:45

It's a verb, it sounds stupid.

HaHaHmm · 21/09/2017 19:23

lollipop Speak for yourself. You have no idea where I am or what my heritage is (or, indeed, that of OP).

You knew perfectly well that you were making a bitchy comment, hence your 'can't believe I'm writing this'.

Dustbunny1900 · 21/09/2017 16:25

Sounds wicked cutesy

lollipop7 · 21/09/2017 14:03

@HaHaHmm we're not in West Africa though are we. It does have those connotations.

I'll resist the temptation to eye roll back at you.

RickOShay · 20/09/2017 23:12

I like it. Cherry would be a nice nickname

Sequence · 20/09/2017 23:09

I quite like it, it has a soft sound and a nice meaning.

TatianaLarina · 20/09/2017 22:42

Awful. I like Charys though.

Alisvolatpropiis · 20/09/2017 22:14

It's quite sweet but depending on your cultural heritage I might raise an eyebrow slightly, or not, depending. I know the more unusual virtue names in U.K. culture are pretty standard in West African cultures.

NashvilleQueen · 20/09/2017 20:44

I would hear this in my head every time I saw her...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=8q2WS6ahCnY

Foniks · 20/09/2017 20:42

I love it. It's so soft and sounds huggable...if that makes any sense. There was a girl a couple of years older than me in school called Cherish, but I've never seen another.

HaHaHmm · 20/09/2017 20:40

Pretty common in lots of West African cultures, where plenty of the girls manage to have whole careers without a single foray into adult entertainment Hmm

saritah · 20/09/2017 10:23

Horrendous. Think of the kid as an adult in a job interview in 20 years' time.

stopbeingadramallama · 19/09/2017 16:29

No way😂

HerRoyalChocolateBunny · 19/09/2017 13:15

Cherish - no.

But then, I was keen on Temperance or Deliverance for a girl in my hormone-induced frenzy while pg.

Thank Fuck DS was a boy.

lollipop7 · 18/09/2017 14:08

Sorry I can't believe I'm writing this.... but to me it sound a bit "adult entertainment industry"🙈

DancesWithOtters · 17/09/2017 23:24

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Theveryhungrybutterfly · 17/09/2017 23:19

Nope