Cher

Where Cher comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Cher.

Cher through the years
  1. 1948
    First appearance
    #5,243 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1958
    Cher Wang born
    Taiwanese entrepreneur and philanthropist
  3. 1971
    Around this time: The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
    TV, 1971 · Source
  4. 1972
    Peak, #651
    235 babies named Cher, the most in any year.
  5. 1974
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,124.
  6. 1993
    Cher Lloyd born
    English singer
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Cher Lloyd · English singer, born 1993
  • Cher Wang · Taiwanese entrepreneur and philanthropist, born 1958
  • Cher Scarlett · American software engineer, writer, labor activist, and corporate whistleblower, born 1985

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record. Events show what happened around then, not why parents chose the name.