Cheryl with a ‘ch’ not ‘ash’ sound

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Posting for a friend who asked my opinion.

I’ve never considered it before, but I am surprised to say I love it

You could do it, but 99% of people would pronounce it "Sheryl" so she would spend her life saying " No it's pronounced CH - eryl" , which would be tiresome for her.

I think most people would say Sheryl. Reminds me of the royle family pronounced with the ch.

What about Cherry instead? Otherwise she will always be correcting people.

What is the point? Everyone will pronounce it as Sheryl. Just seems so pointless.

She will spend her whole life having her name incorrectly pronounced and having to correct people.
Like a friend whose name is spelled Karen, pronounced care-en.She gave up correcting people in the end but said it was awful as a young child.

I worked with someone who had this. She spent some much time saying Ch eryl.

I don't like either but agree that nobody will say it right anyway.

I know someone with this name. Corrects people constantly and gets really narked about it.

I was at school with a Cheryl pronounced with Ch, so that’s how I always think it’s said.

I too knew a CHeryl when you g and so I’ve never said Sheryl and actually am not fond of that pronunciation (or spelling) .

Agree if that's the sound that's like go for Cherry!

The new little Cheryl will have the advantage of being the only Cheryl in her class, school and probably entire age cohort, so she can call the shots on how her name is pronounced. Or maybe go with "Cherrill", which is more likely to get randoms pronouncing it with a ch.

I like Cheryl; it has a cool vintage vibe and is very different from anything in the current top 100.

I don't agree that everyone will pronounce it 'Sh'

I assume Cheryl is pronounced 'Ch' and Sheryl is pronounced 'Sh'. But that is no doubt because I only know one Cheryl, and she pronounces it 'Ch'

It's a regional variation and you can't really impose it if you live in an area with the Sh sound rather than the Ch sound

The Cheryl I know pronounces it with a Ch

My go to is always Cheryl, not Sheryl. I went to primary with one and Sheryl sounds wrong, even now.

Agree with @CloseYourEyesAndSee that it's a regional thing which is being demonstrated by the mixed comments. Will be difficult to change people's pronunciation of it in a sh eryl area.

I would always pronounce it as CH as the go-to.

I’d say it with a ‘ch’ sound too. Surprised to hear others wouldn’t.

Whereas I'd only heard it pronounced Sheryl until a friend had a daughter pronounced with Ch.

I think the very fact there are people on this thread who would assume Ch and others who would assume Sh would put me off choosing it.

Cherry is gorgeous and much nicer than Cheryl. Why not go with that? No pronunciation problems!

Cherry is nicer.

How about Cherith?

I know a girl who pronounces it this way and she does have to tell everyone how it should be pronounced as most presume SHeryl. It is a lovely name though.

Following the Cheryl example, wouldn’t Cherry have the Sherry problem (less so than, CHeryl admittedly)