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Sharday

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Pronounced shar-DAY /ʃɑːrˈdeɪ/Medium

Meaning: Sharday spells out how the singer Sade's name is pronounced, sha-DAY. The source is Yoruba: Sade is short for Folasade, roughly 'honor confers a crown'. American parents who heard the name on the radio wrote it the way it sounded.Low

In 30 seconds: Sharday writes the sound of Sade (shar-DAY), the Yoruba name (short for Folasade) that reached U.S. ears through the singer Sade in the mid-eighties.

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Origin MediumYoruba, English

MeaningSharday spells out how the singer Sade's name is pronounced, sha-DAY. The source is Yoruba: Sade is short for Folasade, roughly 'honor confers a crown'. American parents who heard the name on the radio wrote it the way it sounded.

U.S. rank (2009)#19755 ↘ Falling

2009 U.S. births5 girls (0.00% of U.S. girls)

Peak year1986

Total births (all-time)≈ 797

Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data

U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.

SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.

History & Origin

Sharday is a spell-it-like-it-sounds version of Sade, itself a short form of the Yoruba name Folasade. Because English readers see 'Sade' and say it wrong, parents who loved the singer's music often wrote Sharday instead, capturing the sha-DAY stress.

The name is a small, tidy time capsule of mid-eighties radio: it rose fast, peaked in 1986, and faded within a couple of decades. A girl named Sharday then is now approaching forty. It reads distinctly eighties and hasn't revived; the plain Sade spelling remains the recognizable one.

Did you know? The Sharday spelling appears right as the singer Sade broke through: it peaked in 1986, two years after her debut album Diamond Life, a textbook case of a pop name entering birth records by ear.

Overall data confidence 55%

References — Sharday — Phonetic spelling of Sade (Yoruba Folasade); singer Sade influence

Variations

SadeShardaeCharday

Nicknames

SharDay

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Frequently Asked

What does the name Sharday mean?

Sharday spells the name Sade, a short form of the Yoruba Folasade, roughly 'honor confers a crown'.

How do you pronounce Sharday?

It's said shar-DAY /ʃɑːrˈdeɪ/ — two syllables, stress on the second.

Is Sharday a boy or girl name?

Sharday is used as a girl's name.

How popular is Sharday?

Sharday was a rare eighties spelling that crested in the middle of that decade and has been scarce since.