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Boy/GirlPronounced English /ˈʃæɹ.ən/Dutch language family

Sharon

A name meaning "plain".

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Sharon is a boy/girl name meaning "plain".

Pronunciation: English /ˈʃæɹ.ən/.

GenderBoy/Girl
Meaningplain
PronunciationEnglish /ˈʃæɹ.ən/
Language familyDutch

Meaning and history

From an Old Testament place name, in Hebrew שָׁרוֹן (Sharon) meaning "plain", referring to a fertile plain on the central west coast of Israel. This is also the name of a flowering plant in the Bible, the rose of Sharon, a term now used to refer to several different species of flowers. It has been in use as a feminine given name in the English-speaking world since the 1920s, possibly inspired by the heroine in the serial novel The Skyrocket (1925) by Adela Rogers St. Johns. As a Hebrew name it is unisex.

Notes and context

Usage: english, hebrew | Hebrew: שׁרון