Sharon - Origin and Meaning of the name

[ 2 syll. (s)ha-ron, sh-ar-on ] The boy name Sharon is also used as a girl name, with the latter form being much more common. Its pronunciation is SHEHRahN or SHahROWN ^KEY. Sharon is largely used in the Hebrew language and its origin is also Hebrew. Sharon has the meaning singer; plain. Biblical name derived literally from the elements 'sar' meaning to sing, singer ; 'sharon' meaning plain. Saron (Hebrew) is an original form of Sharon. It represents the transferred use of the geographic name as a given name. The generic name has been used in the Old Testament of the Bible. See Sharon for more info. The name Sharona (English) is the female equivalent of Sharon.

See also the related form, Shannon (English).

Sharon is unusual as a baby name for boys. Its usage peaked in 1944 with 0.007% of baby boys being given the name Sharon. Its ranking then was #623. The baby name has since experienced a fall in popularity, and is now of very modest use. Among all boy names in its group, Sharon was nonetheless the most frequently used in 2007. Sharon has predominantly been a girl name in the past century. In 1967, girls named Sharon outnumbered boys by 224 times.

Baby names that sound like Sharon include Sherman (English), Sorin (Romanian), Sören (German and Scandinavian), Cieran (Irish), and Sereno (Italian).

^KEY: English 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)"

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Variant Popularity Chart
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in 2007