sharon
/ˈʃæɹən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A female given name from Hebrew derived from the biblical place name.
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A unisex given name from Hebrew derived from the biblical place name.
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A surname.
name
A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:
name
A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:
name
A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:
name
A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:
Example Sentences
- "I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys."
- "Although the Black Sabbath frontman was raised in the Church of England, his marriage to television personality and manager Sharon Osbourne (Levy), whose father, Don Arden, was Jewish, put Judaism “at the heart of our household,” she told The Jewish Chronicle last year, adding, “Judaism is the only religion I have and the only one I’m comfortable with.”"
- "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."
- "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'."
- "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."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: שָׁרוֹן
Usage
- British usage
- Derogatory
- Slang
Inflected Forms
Sharons (plural)
sharons (present, singular)
sharoning (participle, present)
sharoned (participle, past)
sharoned (past)