Sharon

  • [ SHER-ən, SHAR-ən ]
  • English
From an Old Testament place name, in Hebrew שָׁרוֹן (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.

EQUIVALENTS
ENGLISH: Sharona, Sharron, Sharyn
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
ENGLISH: Shari