Cheryl is a 20th-century American blend of Cherie + Beryl — from the French cher ("dear") + the Greek beryllos (the gemstone beryl). A top-30 US baby name from 1947 to 1965, peaking at #14 in 1958. Cheryl Strayed (born 1968) — American memoirist; Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (2012) spent 7+ weeks at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and was adapted to a 2014 film starring Reese Witherspoon. Cheryl Tiegs (born 1947) — American supermodel; Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover three times. Cheryl Boone Isaacs (born 1949) — first African American president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Subject of Cheryl Strayed's Tiny Beautiful Things (2012) and Wild (2014 film).
In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Cheryl reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.