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Do you think there will be a big surge in Cheryls now?

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grapeandlemon · 04/07/2010 22:44

I mean she is THE most popular person on the planet at the moment, but has a rather -I think- awful name...or has her beauty sort of jazzed it up?

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ShoshanaBlue · 04/07/2010 22:46

To answer your question.

No.

LynetteScavo · 04/07/2010 22:46

No, but if she were to have a baby, millions of people would give their baby the same name.

ShoshanaBlue · 04/07/2010 22:48

That is a scary thought.

Haliborange · 04/07/2010 23:05

I reeeeaaallly doubt it.
Cheryl was popular when I was a lass and up until about the mid-80s. Too new to hit granny chic.

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grapeandlemon · 04/07/2010 23:08

isn't it funny she is so beautiful she pulls it off.

I think this is true of most names. If you are beautiful the name will be also....

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GnocchiGnocchiWhosThere · 04/07/2010 23:51

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LuluF · 05/07/2010 00:09

I just googled to see if Anne Hathaway was actually her real name - it seems to be.

Maybe our grandchildren will be called Cheryl (what a thought) and we can all perfect the face that our parents and in-laws give us.

I think it's just too recent and not a 'classic' enough name. But if ever a name didn't suit someone, it has to be Cheryl, doesn't it?

nooka · 05/07/2010 02:51

Who is this Cheryl of which you speak? Sounds very 70's to me, I'd have thought at least another generation was required before names of that type were popular again.

gillybean2 · 05/07/2010 02:58

I assume she means Cheryl Cole

thumbwitch · 05/07/2010 03:08

Anne is a timeless classic name though, unlike Cheryl. Shakespeare's lady was called Anne Hathaway as well.

OP - doubt it. But it's better than Beryl.

Letz · 05/07/2010 13:33

No!! The name is hideous!

tummytickler · 05/07/2010 13:55

no, but Beryl is on my list for a dd

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grapeandlemon · 05/07/2010 13:59

Beryl is definately back

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mathanxiety · 05/07/2010 18:53

Beryl has a lot going for it.

Haliborange · 05/07/2010 19:04

What? Beryl the Peril?

Hormones make women do crazy things...

valiumSingleton · 05/07/2010 19:34

I don't think so. I think there was a surge of Cheryls and Crystals post bucks-fizz/Dynasty. It's not ready to come back yet.

I like Beryl. I also like Meryl, and Myrtle.

beccagrace2 · 05/07/2010 20:01

no no no to beryl, its my mil's name.....cringe!!

GnocchiGnocchiWhosThere · 05/07/2010 21:22

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mathanxiety · 05/07/2010 22:44

Hormones do not make mums to be do crazy things -- it says so here

muminthemiddle · 06/07/2010 00:50

No-I doubt it. It a very early 1970s late 1960s name to me although glamourised initially by Cheryl Ladd of Charlie's Angels fame.

MrsvWoolf · 06/07/2010 11:10

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Tuschinski · 06/07/2010 17:34

Agree with MrsvWoolf, the people who copy celeb names would tend to go for a celeb baby and agree Cheryl is very unfashionable and can't see that changing any time soon.
I'm sure there will be a run on whatever Danni Minogue calls her baby and Stacy in Eastenders called hers Lily but then that's already popular.

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