Sharon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: shă'rən
ipa: /ˈʃæɹən/
rhymes: -æɹən
Etymology: Biblical place name, Hebrew שָׁרוֹן (šārōn, “the Sharon plain”).
Senses: examples: text: I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Song of Solomon 2:1:
glosses: A plain in Israel.
examples: text: 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.”
ref: 2025 July 22, “Was Ozzy Osbourne Jewish, or ‘half a heeb’?”, in The Jerusalem Post:
glosses: A female given name from Hebrew derived from the biblical place name.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 1927, Sinclair Lewis, Elmer Gantry, Harcourt, Brace and Company, page 183:
text: 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'.
ref: 2001, Deborah Cameron, Working With Spoken Discourse, SAGE, →ISBN, page 157:
glosses: A unisex given name from Hebrew derived from the biblical place name.
glosses: A surname.
glosses: A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:
A town and census-designated place therein, in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
glosses: A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:
A minor city in Taliaferro County, Georgia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:
An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:
A township and minor city therein, in Barber County, Kansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:
A town and census-designated place therein, in Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
glosses: A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:
An unincorporated community in Madison County, Mississippi.
glosses: A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:
An unincorporated community in Saline County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:
A town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.
glosses: A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:
A town and hamlet therein, in Schoharie County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:
A minor city in Steele County, North Dakota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:
An unincorporated community and township in Noble County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:
A town in Woodward County, Oklahoma.
glosses: A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:
A city in Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:
A town in York County, South Carolina.
glosses: A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:
A town in Windsor County, Vermont.
glosses: A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:
An unincorporated community and coal town in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:
A town in Portage County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:
A town and village in Walworth County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:
A number of other townships in the United States, including in Illinois, Iowa (4), Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio (4), and Pennsylvania, listed under Sharon Township.
glosses: A place in Canada:
A community in the town of East Gwillimbury, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, named after the Sharon Temple.
glosses: A place in Canada:
A community in Middlesex Centre township, Middlesex County, Ontario.
glosses: A rural locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia, named after the plain in Israel.
Derived terms: rose of Sharon
Sharon fruit
Sharon Springs
Related terms: Shaz
Shazza