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Sharren
How to Pronounce Sharren
Pronounced SHAIR-uhn /ˈʃær.ən/Medium
Meaning: Sharren is a variant spelling of Sharon, from the Hebrew Sharon, a fertile coastal plain in Israel; the biblical 'rose of Sharon' made it a flower-and-place name. The double-R spelling is a mid-century Americanism.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Sharren is a respelled form of Sharon, the Hebrew name for a fertile plain best known from the biblical 'rose of Sharon.' It belongs to the great mid-century wave of Sharon and its variants, distinguished only by the doubled R.
It was never common in the United States, given to only about twenty girls a year even at its peak around 1946, always in the shadow of Sharon itself. A girl named Sharren then is about eighty now.
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What does the name Sharren mean?
It is a respelling of Sharon, from a Hebrew place name meaning 'a fertile plain.'
How do you pronounce Sharren?
It is said SHAIR-uhn /ˈʃær.ən/, with the stress as marked.
Is Sharren a boy or girl name?
Sharren is used here as a girl's name.
How popular is Sharren?
It has always been rare in the United States, given to only about twenty girls a year even at its peak in the mid-nineteen-forties.