Sharon

Gender
Female (Feminine | Girl)
Usage/Origins
Meaning
"a plain" or "a place of rest"
Scripts(How to write)
שָׁרוֹן
שָׁרוֹן(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronunciation
SHAR-ən,
SHEHR-ən
sha-RAHN
Popularity
Sharon is a moderately popular name worldwide. It was most popular in the United States during the 1940s and 1950s. In recent years, its popularity has declined, but it is still a common name for women in many parts of the world.

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Sharon Name meanings & History

"a plain" or "a place of rest". From an Old Testament place name, in Hebrew שָׁרוֹן (Sharon), which means "plain", referring to the fertile plain near the coast of Israel. This is also the name of a type of flowering shrub, the rose of Sharon. It has been in use as a given name since the 1920s, possibly inspired by the heroine in the serial novel The Skyrocket (1925) by Adela Rogers St. Johns [1]. Sharon is commonly used as a given name for girls. It has also been used as a surname in some cultures.

Zodiac Sign of Sharon: Success Capricorn

Synonyms of Sharon:

S: Success,Status,Security,Social Standing,Solidity,Sensuality,Sex

H: Hyper,Hobnobbing,Haggle,Heart's Desire,Hope

A: Angry,Assertive,Argumentative,Aggressive,Ambitious,Action

R: Reason,Rational,Restless,Resourceful

O: Organized,Ostentatious,Obstinate,Obsessive,Obsolete

N: Nitpicking,Nutrition,Nice,Nagging,Neurosis,Nervous,Neat

Sharon is:

  • a Classic name
  • a Formal name
  • a Mature name
  • a Natural name
  • a Refined name
  • a Serious name
  • a Simple name
  • a Strong name
  • a Wholesome name

Famous People

Famous people named Sharon include Sharon Stone, an American actress, and Sharon Osbourne, a British television personality. Sharon Tate was a famous actress and model who tragically died in 1969. Sharon Olds is an American poet, and Sharon Leal is an American actress and singer.

2.) SHARON (Female)

Usage: African-American

Meanings: Hebrew name meaning “a plain, a flat area.” In biblical times, Sharon was a fertile, coastal plain in Palestine where roses and oak trees grew in abundance. Var: Sharana, Sharen, Sharona, Sharonah, Sharonna, Sherran. (SHARE-UN)


3.) SHARON (Female)

Usage: American

Meanings: Hebrew name meaning “a plain, a flat area.” In biblical times, Sharon was a fertile, coastal plain in Palestine where roses and oak trees grew in abundance. Var: Sharen, Sharona, Sharonah, Sharonna, Sherran. (SHARE-UN)


4.) Sharon (Male)

Usage: Hebrew

Meanings: (Hebrew) a form of Sharron.


5.) Sharon (Female)

Usage: Hebrew

Meanings: (Hebrew) desert plain. A form of Sharai.

Other Forms: Shaaron, Sharan, Sharean, Shareane, Shareen, Shareene, Sharin, Sharine, Sharone, Sharran, Sharrane, Sharrin, Sharrinae, Sharrine, Sharryn, Sharryne, Sharyn, Sharyon, Sheren, Sheron, Sherryn


6.) SHARON (Female)

Usage:

Meanings: A plain, a flat area. In biblical times, Sharon was a fertile, coastal plain in Palestine where roses and oak trees grew in abundance. Var: Shaaron, Sharona, Sharoni, Sharonit, Sharyn, Sherran. (SHAR-RON)


7.) SHARON (Female)

Usage: English

Meanings: Derived from a biblical place-name meaning “a plain, a flat area.” In biblical times, Sharon was a fertile, coastal plain in Palestine, extending from Mount Carmel to Jaffa, where roses and oak trees grew in abundance. Though the name was used by English Puritans, it wasn’t until the middle of the 20th century that it became common. Var: Sharona, Sharron. (SHARE-UN)


8.) Sharon (Female)

Usage: Hebrew

Meanings: Forest

Other Forms: Sharron


9.) Sharon (Female)

Usage: Hebrew

Meanings: (Hebrew) open heart; desert plain

Other Forms: Shar, Sharen, Shari, Sharin, Sharren, Sharron, Sharry, Sharyn, Sheron, Sherron


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