Last name: CHERRY
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CHERRY : This last name is indexed 73,935 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
CHERRY : 1: English and Scottish: from Middle English chirie cherye ‘cherry’ hence a metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of cherries or possibly a nickname for someone with rosy cheeks.2: Probably in some cases a translation name of German Kirsch.
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