Sharon
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Hebrew derived from the biblical place name. Biblical place name, Hebrew שָׁרוֹן (šārōn, “the Sharon plain”).
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Sharon (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Sharon has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2010. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 2 |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | 2 |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | 4 |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | 3 |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 |
| 2018 | 3 |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 181 | – |
| 2000 | 188 | – |
| 2001 | 202 | – |
| 2002 | 204 | – |
| 2003 | 211 | – |
| 2004 | 222 | – |
| 2005 | 217 | – |
| 2006 | 225 | – |
| 2007 | 224 | – |
| 2008 | 225 | – |
| 2009 | 236 | – |
| 2010 | 244 | – |
| 2011 | 253 | – |
| 2012 | 259 | – |
| 2013 | 272 | – |
| 2014 | 274 | – |
| 2015 | 278 | – |
| 2016 | 286 | – |
| 2017 | 299 | – |
| 2018 | 304 | – |
| 2019 | 310 | 11 |
| 2020 | 313 | 13 |
Sharon in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Sharon.Hi! My name is Sharon.
- Har du träffat Sharon? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Sharon? She started working here on Monday.
- Vet du om Sharon kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Sharon is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Sharons mamma är lärare.Sharon's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Sharons mamma is Sharon's mum.
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How do you pronounce Sharon in Swedish?
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What does the name Sharon mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Hebrew derived from the biblical place name. Biblical place name, Hebrew שָׁרוֹן (šārōn, “the Sharon plain”).
How popular is Sharon in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Sharon in 2022. In 2020, 326 people in Sweden had Sharon as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2010 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.