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Sharnice

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How to Pronounce Sharnice

Pronounced shar-NEESE /ʃɑrˈniːs/Medium

Meaning: Sharnice is an invented name that welds the fashionable Shar- element (as in Sharon and Charmaine) to the -nice/-neese ending heard in Denise and Bernice. It has no inherited meaning; its charm is the sleek two-beat sound.Low

In 30 seconds: Sharnice is a coined girls' name pairing the Shar- opening with the polished -neese ending of Denise (said 'shar-NEESE'). It peaked in 1992 and stayed quite rare.
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Origin LowEnglish, African American
MeaningSharnice is an invented name that welds the fashionable Shar- element (as in Sharon and Charmaine) to the -nice/-neese ending heard in Denise and Bernice. It has no inherited meaning; its charm is the sleek two-beat sound.
U.S. rank (2004)#18370 ↘ Falling
2004 U.S. births5 girls (0.00% of U.S. girls)
Peak year1992
Total births (all-time)≈ 425

Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data

peak 199219752004

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

Sharnice is a modern coinage rather than a traditional name. It borrows the Shar- opening popular in the later twentieth century and closes it with the elegant -neese sound of Denise and Bernice. Names assembled this way were made to sound refined and current, not to translate a root.

Sharnice surfaced in the mid-nineteen-seventies, reached a quiet peak around 1992, and slipped away by the mid-two-thousands. A woman named Sharnice at that peak is now in her early thirties. It remains a distinctly nineties-flavored invention and has not returned.

Did you know? Sharnice was always scarce: even at its early-nineties peak only a few hundred girls in all ever carried it, a boutique invention rather than a mainstream name.
Overall data confidence 52%
References — Sharnice — modern coinage; Shar- + -nice/Denise

Variations

CharniceSharnese

Nicknames

SharniNiecy

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If you like Sharnice…

Denise— shares the exact -neese ending Sharnice is built on
Bernice— another -nice name with the same soft close
Charmaine— a like Shar-/Char- name of similar polish
Janice— a two-beat name with the same -nis sound

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Frequently Asked

What does the name Sharnice mean?

Sharnice is a modern coinage without a fixed meaning; it blends the Shar- opening with the -neese ending of Denise and Bernice.

How do you pronounce Sharnice?

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

Is Sharnice a boy or girl name?

Sharnice is used as a girl's name in the U.S.

How popular is Sharnice?

Sharnice was a rare coined name that peaked in the early nineteen-nineties and has largely disappeared since.

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