Sharon Forename
267th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 2,187,082 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Martin
Sharon Forename Definition:
A male name derived from שרון, Sharon, a plain country near the Mediterranean Sea, between Cæsarea and Joppa, remarkable for the fertility of its fields and pastures. Some write ‘Y’sharón,’ which they translate plain, plain country, a great plain.
Read More About This ForenameSharon Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 1,098,905 | 1:330 | 44 |
| Kenya | 100% | 298,224 | 1:155 | 10 |
| England | 100% | 183,240 | 1:303 | 61 |
| Canada | 100% | 80,132 | 1:413 | 65 |
| Uganda | 100% | 68,256 | 1:600 | 115 |
| Philippines | 99% | 57,746 | 1:1,836 | 381 |
| South Africa | 100% | 45,989 | 1:1,186 | 154 |
| Australia | - | 43,579 | 1:313 | 56 |
| Zambia | - | 38,169 | 1:415 | 81 |
| Israel | 66% | 20,374 | 1:412 | 54 |
| Scotland | 100% | 17,021 | 1:314 | 75 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 14,214 | 1:1,189 | 264 |
| Ireland | 100% | 12,364 | 1:376 | 75 |
| New Zealand | - | 12,201 | 1:372 | 68 |
| Cambodia | 67% | 11,743 | 1:1,386 | 305 |
| Ghana | 100% | 11,574 | 1:2,332 | 375 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 11,038 | 1:167 | 26 |
| Wales | 100% | 10,936 | 1:283 | 55 |
| Jamaica | - | 10,869 | 1:265 | 20 |
| Malawi | 98% | 8,609 | 1:1,988 | 387 |
| India | 93% | 8,415 | 1:144,371 | 16,157 |
| Mozambique | - | 8,160 | 1:3,339 | 695 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 7,077 | 1:25,090 | 2,355 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 6,285 | 1:1,809 | 394 |
| Malaysia | 96% | 5,353 | 1:5,688 | 653 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 4,857 | 1:1,678 | 199 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4,793 | 1:4,339 | 743 |
| Zimbabwe | 97% | 4,464 | 1:3,455 | 581 |
| Mexico | 99% | 4,289 | 1:28,945 | 1,472 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 4,182 | 1:326 | 15 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 3,497 | 1:8,811 | 1,284 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 3,061 | 1:1,558 | 303 |
| Guyana | 100% | 2,582 | 1:296 | 6 |
| Kuwait | - | 2,565 | 1:1,476 | 213 |
| Tanzania | 90% | 2,400 | 1:21,995 | 2,179 |
| Peru | 100% | 2,399 | 1:13,252 | 1,304 |
| Brazil | 100% | 2,394 | 1:89,489 | 5,192 |
| Sudan | 50% | 2,380 | 1:15,885 | 1,693 |
| China | - | 2,363 | 1:578,102 | 27,621 |
| Singapore | 99% | 2,267 | 1:2,773 | 400 |
| Belgium | 100% | 1,777 | 1:6,466 | 867 |
| Bahamas | - | 1,686 | 1:237 | 30 |
| Thailand | 95% | 1,633 | 1:42,906 | 4,833 |
| Namibia | - | 1,587 | 1:1,515 | 307 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 1,541 | 1:10,453 | 895 |
| Suriname | 98% | 1,431 | 1:386 | 27 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 1,295 | 1:23,322 | 1,867 |
| Indonesia | 73% | 1,283 | 1:201,063 | 19,414 |
| Malta | - | 1,233 | 1:348 | 70 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 1,191 | 1:133,889 | 8,095 |
| Barbados | - | 1,174 | 1:247 | 35 |
| Ecuador | - | 1,152 | 1:15,388 | 1,027 |
| Congo | 93% | 1,142 | 1:4,386 | 677 |
| Fiji | - | 1,122 | 1:795 | 153 |
| Germany | 100% | 1,083 | 1:89,269 | 1,970 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1,040 | 1:93,808 | 6,821 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1,009 | 1:7,684 | 677 |
| DR Congo | 95% | 959 | 1:76,984 | 4,387 |
| Egypt | 50% | 933 | 1:98,500 | 4,548 |
| Botswana | 100% | 865 | 1:2,525 | 449 |
| Spain | 100% | 850 | 1:54,741 | 2,116 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 834 | 1:12,508 | 1,371 |
| Liberia | 100% | 830 | 1:5,316 | 625 |
| Vanuatu | - | 795 | 1:329 | 64 |
| Qatar | 97% | 777 | 1:3,050 | 441 |
| Samoa | - | 730 | 1:267 | 50 |
| Italy | 100% | 710 | 1:86,003 | 1,752 |
| Poland | 100% | 707 | 1:53,787 | 1,425 |
| Chile | 99% | 675 | 1:26,085 | 1,259 |
| Panama | 100% | 670 | 1:5,831 | 942 |
| France | 99% | 651 | 1:102,105 | 2,229 |
| Cameroon | 66% | 648 | 1:33,350 | 2,492 |
| Oman | - | 637 | 1:6,450 | 847 |
| Swaziland | - | 615 | 1:2,114 | 472 |
| Belize | 100% | 587 | 1:604 | 76 |
| Honduras | 100% | 580 | 1:15,203 | 1,248 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 575 | 1:1,010 | 193 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 552 | 1:6,432 | 520 |
| Togo | - | 494 | 1:14,654 | 1,924 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 437 | 1:54,393 | 8,005 |
| Nicaragua | 99% | 428 | 1:14,062 | 1,258 |
| Saint Martin | - | 384 | 1:93 | 26 |
| Bahrain | - | 370 | 1:3,645 | 583 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 343 | 1:23,946 | 1,542 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 342 | 1:291 | 11 |
| Colombia | 100% | 336 | 1:142,199 | 3,939 |
| Pakistan | 74% | 327 | 1:594,366 | 12,838 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 327 | 1:544 | 63 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 297 | 1:213 | 39 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 294 | 1:380 | 14 |
| Jersey | 100% | 286 | 1:350 | 73 |
| Sweden | 97% | 284 | 1:34,711 | 2,052 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 273 | 1:402 | 48 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 254 | 1:241 | 20 |
| Gabon | 100% | 241 | 1:7,815 | 1,376 |
| Bermuda | - | 240 | 1:270 | 32 |
| Tonga | - | 226 | 1:475 | 106 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 204 | 1:269 | 15 |
| Grenada | 99% | 203 | 1:533 | 65 |
| Portugal | - | 203 | 1:51,285 | 1,756 |
| Guam | - | 188 | 1:854 | 183 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 182 | 1:58,249 | 2,110 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 180 | 1:19,042 | 1,070 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 174 | 1:533 | 116 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 170 | 1:916 | 271 |
| Japan | - | 165 | 1:775,673 | 13,536 |
| Norway | 100% | 162 | 1:31,681 | 1,577 |
| Denmark | - | 144 | 1:39,233 | 1,664 |
| Greece | 100% | 143 | 1:76,465 | 2,300 |
| Dominica | - | 137 | 1:551 | 125 |
| Brunei | - | 127 | 1:3,304 | 336 |
| Aruba | - | 113 | 1:918 | 181 |
| Morocco | - | 109 | 1:315,125 | 6,796 |
| Russia | 78% | 95 | 1:1,518,250 | 11,258 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 92 | 1:377 | 47 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 84 | 1:372 | 23 |
| South Korea | - | 82 | 1:67,615 | 4,021 |
| Iran | 100% | 78 | 1:1,006,370 | 8,616 |
| Iraq | 100% | 77 | 1:454,777 | 5,303 |
| Austria | 100% | 75 | 1:113,523 | 2,244 |
| Czechia | 100% | 68 | 1:156,708 | 1,407 |
| Lebanon | 98% | 65 | 1:86,578 | 3,026 |
| Gibraltar | - | 63 | 1:542 | 114 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 61 | 1:840 | 87 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 61 | 1:117,246 | 8,700 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 55 | 1:10,255 | 835 |
| El Salvador | - | 47 | 1:134,932 | 2,434 |
| Argentina | 95% | 46 | 1:929,853 | 5,018 |
| Finland | 94% | 40 | 1:137,080 | 2,784 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 39 | 1:340 | 12 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 35 | 1:24,888 | 1,441 |
| Hungary | 99% | 35 | 1:279,765 | 1,304 |
| American Samoa | - | 34 | 1:1,642 | 233 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 32 | 1:1,708 | 366 |
| French Polynesia | - | 27 | 1:10,293 | 1,329 |
| Macau | - | 26 | 1:23,393 | 397 |
| Mongolia | - | 25 | 1:117,393 | 7,151 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 22 | 1:12,280 | 1,140 |
| Turkey | 100% | 22 | 1:3,536,441 | 18,981 |
| Afghanistan | 83% | 18 | 1:1,812,418 | 16,974 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 18 | 1:1,008 | 164 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 18 | 1:324 | 89 |
| Vietnam | - | 18 | 1:5,145,728 | 3,613 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 17 | 1:5,001 | 173 |
| Burundi | 100% | 16 | 1:619,160 | 838 |
| Gambia | - | 16 | 1:120,412 | 458 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 16 | 1:452,300 | 4,719 |
| Albania | 100% | 12 | 1:253,881 | 12,076 |
| Nauru | 100% | 12 | 1:994 | 151 |
| Estonia | 100% | 11 | 1:119,580 | 4,476 |
| Jordan | 100% | 11 | 1:802,434 | 4,728 |
| Iceland | - | 10 | 1:36,602 | 2,190 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 10 | 1:4,549,991 | 8,360 |
| Madagascar | - | 9 | 1:2,625,490 | 3,077 |
| Myanmar | - | 9 | 1:5,772,030 | 1,432 |
| Tunisia | - | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 9 | 1:3,420,716 | 8,576 |
| Azerbaijan | 60% | 8 | 1:1,205,368 | 16,287 |
| Bulgaria | - | 8 | 1:873,799 | 10,237 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 8 | 1:393 | 64 |
| Montserrat | - | 8 | 1:610 | 61 |
| Haiti | - | 7 | 1:1,532,422 | 18,706 |
| Benin | - | 6 | 1:1,762,640 | 36,264 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 6 | 1:8,188 | 985 |
| Nepal | - | 6 | 1:4,747,892 | 50,788 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 5 | 1:4,615,187 | 69,481 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 5 | 1:3,549,369 | 21,516 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 5 | 1:407,999 | 22,262 |
| Micronesia | - | 5 | 1:21,300 | 626 |
| Monaco | 100% | 5 | 1:7,693 | 1,062 |
| Romania | 100% | 5 | 1:4,010,395 | 28,162 |
| Senegal | - | 5 | 1:2,916,271 | 15,947 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| East Timor | - | 4 | 1:304,594 | 432 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 4 | 1:581 | 152 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 3 | 1:1,991,092 | 30,660 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Belarus | - | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Croatia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | - | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Shäron (1) & Sharón (1) are calculated separately.
Sharon (24,047) may also be a surname.
Sharon Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name derived from שרון, Sharon, a plain country near the Mediterranean Sea, between Cæsarea and Joppa, remarkable for the fertility of its fields and pastures. Some write ‘Y’sharón,’ which they translate plain, plain country, a great plain. Dr. Alexander, who prefixes the article, translates the name, ‘the plain.’
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Shay'-ron, his plain, field, song. There are three cantons in Palestine known by this name. It became proverbial of any place of beauty or fertility. See Isai. xxxiii. 9. Sharon, or Lasharon, a city whose king was taken and put to death by Joshua. Josh. xii. 18.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: rectitude: observation: plain: level.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
Sharon Forename Popularity
Sharon Demographics
Sharon Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 242,104 (2014)
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Sharon Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sharon in the Russian language | ||
| Шарон | saron | - |
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