MEANING & HISTORY
What does Sharon mean?
Sharon comes from a Hebrew place name meaning plain, referring to the coastal plain described in biblical tradition. The phrase rose of Sharon supplies a separate floral association and has been applied to different plants.
The personal name should therefore not be translated simply as rose. The geographical word is the direct lexical account. Sharon has different gender histories across languages, so the English feminine pattern is not a universal property of the Hebrew name.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
From English Sharon, from Hebrew שָׁרוֹן (šārōn, “the Sharon plain”).
a female given name from English
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EnglishEtymology & source
Biblical place name, Hebrew שָׁרוֹן (šārōn, “the Sharon plain”).
A female given name from Hebrew derived from the biblical place name.; A unisex given name from Hebrew derived from the biblical place name.
Wiktionary: Sharon (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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People with the name Sharon
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
Sharon Cuneta
Filipino actress, singer, and television personality (born 1966)
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
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Sharon Cuneta
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Sharon 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 Sharon
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
- Aaron♂From Hebrew Aharon, the biblical priest’s name
- Baron♂From the noble title baron
- Shaun♂English rendering of Irish Seán, from John
- Shawn♂John-family name through Irish Seán
- Shiro♂Japanese Shirō; 四郎 combines four and son
- Arron♂Variant of Aaron, from biblical Aharon
- Byron♂Place of the cowsheds
- Lebron♂Modern English name; connection to surname Lebrón remains qualified
What rhymes with Sharon?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
Recorded combinations with Sharon
2 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
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Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q2648522 — Sharon (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Sharon Cuneta (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q2648522 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Sharon (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Sharon (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Behind the Name — Sharon (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.