Sharon name - Meaning of Sharon
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- Gender
- Masculine & Feminine
- Lucky Number
- 3
- Usage
- English, Hebrew
- Pronounced
- SHER-ən, SHAR-ən
- Sharon Meaning
- From an Old Testament place name, in Hebrew (Sharon) , which means "plain", referring to the fertile plain near the coast of Israel. This is also the name of a type of flowering shrub, the rose of Sharon. It has been in use as a given name since the 1920s, possibly inspired by the heroine in the serial novel 'The Skyrocket' (1925) by Adela Rogers St. Johns. Sharon originates in Hebrew language and means "from fertile fields and forests". It refers to fields and plains near the Israeli coast. It can be used as both feminine and masculine given names, currently it is much more popular for girls in the United States. It was popularized by the American actress Sharon Stone. It functions as a surname as well, the famous bearer being Ariel Sharon, former Israeli Prime Minister. It is also the name of several places in the United States.
Sharon Related Names
Variants: Sharron, Sharyn, Sharona, Shari, Sharone, Sheron, Sherron, Sharin, Sharronne, Sheryn, Sherynn
Diminutives: Shari, Sharona
Sharon Celebrities
Sharon Acker - actress, Sharon Bailey - jazz musician, Sharon Barrett - professional golfer, Sharon Batt - writer, Sharon Corr - musician, Sharon Gless - actress, Sharon Hall - writer, Sharon Jennings - writer, Sharon Kahn - writer, Sharon Lawrence - actress, Sharon Osborne - music producer and wife of rock star Ozzy Osbourne, Sharon Stone - actress,
