Girl · Hebrew
Sharon
Say it: SHAIR-un
Meaning
From the Hebrew place name Sharon, the coastal plain of Israel, known from the 'rose of Sharon' in the Song of Songs.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Rare as a given name before the 20th century, it became a top-ten US girls' name in the 1940s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1940s
In the United States
- 725,167 babies given this name since 1900
- At its height in 1943, about 1 in 56 girls
- 206 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Sharyn, Sharron
Famous bearers
- Sharon Stone, US actress
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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