MEANING & HISTORY
What does Sharlene mean?
Sharlene is a spelling variant of Charlene. Charlene is a feminine diminutive of Charles, within the Karl and Carolus family.
The sh spelling reflects a later form rather than a separate ancient root for charm or beauty. The base family’s older Germanic interpretation is commonly connected with man, with an alternative army theory. Sharlene’s specific immediate formation is clearer than any decorative full translation assembled from the modern letters.
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
A female given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Charlene.
Wiktionary: Sharlene (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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People with the name Sharlene
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Sharlene San Pedro
Filipino actress and vlogger (born 1999)
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Sharlene San Pedro
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Sharlene in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Sharlene
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Charlene♀Feminine diminutive of Charles
- Arlene♀Variant of Arline, a 19th-century literary name
- Carlene♀Feminine diminutive of Carl
- Darlene♀From darling with the name ending -lene
- Marlene♀Blend of Maria and Magdalene
- Arsène♂French Arsenios-name form; virile
- Shalem·Hebrew reading: whole or sound
- Shane·Anglicized Irish Seán; God is gracious
What rhymes with Sharlene?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Sharlene further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q60589682 — Sharlene (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Sharlene San Pedro (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q60589682 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Sharlene (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Behind the Name — Sharlene (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.
- Behind the Name — Charlene (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.
- Behind the Name — Charles (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.