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Forms of Sharon include the English names Sharron and Sharyn. Another variant of the name is the English pet form Shari. See also the related form, the English Shannon. Sharon is an all-time favorite. Today it is still somewhat 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 2007, it ranked at #715 with a usage of 0.019%. Within the family of girl names directly related to Sharon, the English Shannon was the most commonly used. It was 81% more popular than Sharon in 2007. 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 Schirin, the English Sharmain, the English Sharmaine, the English Sharman, the English Sharmane, the English Sharron, the English Sharyn, the Iranian Shireen, the Indian, Iranian, and Turkish Shirin, the English Charmain, the English Charmaine, the English Saranna, the German Sarina, the German Sarine, the German and Italian Serena, the English Serina, the English Sharona, the English Shyrin, the German and Romanian Sorina, the Basque Sorne, and the Welsh Cerian. 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)" Details of famous persons named Sharon:
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