Sharon
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Etymology
Biblical place name, Hebrew שָׁרוֹן (šārōn, “the Sharon plain”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sharon
- A plain in Israel.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Song of Solomon 2:1:
- I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
- A female given name from Hebrew derived from the biblical place name.
- A unisex given name from Hebrew derived from the biblical place name.
- 1927, Sinclair Lewis, Elmer Gantry, Harcourt, Brace and Company, page 183:
- My name is Katie Jonas. I was born in Utica. My dad worked on a brickyard. I picked out the name Sharon Falconer while I was a stenographer.
- 2001, Deborah Cameron, Working With Spoken Discourse, SAGE, →ISBN, page 157:
- The group suggested a number of reasons why a girl might not fit in to their community - for instance, if she wore white socks and had a name like 'Sharon'.
- Any of a number of places in the US and Canada named after the biblical place.
- A town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States.
- A town in Portage County, Wisconsin, United States.
- A town and village in Walworth County, Wisconsin.
- A surname.
Usage notes
- Popular given name in the U.S. in the 1940s and 1950s, and in the U.K. in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Translations
a plain in Israel
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female given name
a place name
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surname
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Noun
Sharon (plural Sharons)
- (UK, derogatory, slang) A working-class female.
- 2005, Birgitte Tufte, Jeanette Rasmussen, Lars Bech Christensen, Frontrunners Or Copycats? (page 83), quoting a 17-year-old girl
- 'Cos all the Sharons go with the Rocker type of skaters - because I've got friends who are really good friends with Sharons and they are skaters. And you don't hold it against them that they are Sharons and they are rockers.
- 2005, Birgitte Tufte, Jeanette Rasmussen, Lars Bech Christensen, Frontrunners Or Copycats? (page 83), quoting a 17-year-old girl
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Etymology
From English Sharon, from Hebrew שָׁרוֹן (šārōn, “the Sharon plain”).
Proper noun
Sharon
- a female given name from English [in turn from Hebrew]
- (biblical) a plain in Israel
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