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 [ 2 syll. (s)ha-ron, sh-ar-on ] The girl name Sharon is also used as a boy name, though it is far more popular for girls. It is pronounced SHEHRahN or SHahROWN KEY. Sharon is of Hebrew origin and it is used mainly in English. The name Sharon means 'singer; plain'. Biblical name literally from the words sar 'to sing, singer' ; sharon 'plain'. The name is derived from Saron (Hebrew), itself of the element sar ('to sing, singer'). In the Bible, it featured as the name of a plain or valley; the place name is simply of the meaning 'plain'. The name was adopted by the English Puritans in the 17th century. Sharon is a widely used name; it has 34 forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. English forms of the name include Charon, Charyn, Cherin, Lasharon, Shara, Sharika, Sharilyn, Sharita, Sharona, Sharonda, Sharonia, Sharonica, Sharonna, Sharry, Sharyon, Shera, Sheri, Sherisa, Sherissa, Sherry, Sherryn, Shery, and Sheryn. Other English forms include the pet forms Sharee, Shari, and Sharie, and the spelling variants Sharan, Sharen, Sharron, Sharyn, Sheron, and Sherron. Forms of Sharon used in foreign languages include the Hawaiian Kalana and the Hawaiian Kalona. See also the related forms, the English Shan and the English Shannon. Sharon is an all-time favorite. Today it is still rather popular as a baby girl name, but not to the degree it was previously. The name grew in popularity from the 1920s up to the 1940s; prior to that, it was of only infrequent use. At the height of its usage in 1946, 1.727% of baby girls were named Sharon. It had a ranking of #9 then. The baby name has seen a marked drop in popularity since then. In 2008, it ranked at #641 with a usage of 0.023%. Within the family of girl names directly related to Sharon, the English Shannon was the most commonly used. It was 36% more popular than Sharon in 2008. Sharon has in the last century been mainly given to girls. There were 224 times more girls than boys who were named Sharon in 1967. Baby names that sound like Sharon include the English Sharen, the English Sherin, the English Sheron, the English Sherron, the English Saran, the English Sareen, the English Sarene, the English Schirin, the German Sereina, the English Serene, the English Sharma, the English Sharmae, the English Sharmain, the English Sharmaine, the English Sharman, the English Sharmane, the English Sharmeen, the Indian Sharna, the English Sharron, and the English Sharyn. Details of famous persons named Sharon: KEY: Pronunciation for Sharon: SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
