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The Name Sharon - Origin and Meaning of Sharon
  



The Name Sharon - Origin and Meaning of Sharon


Gender

Feminine and Masculine

Origin of the Name Sharon

Hebrew

Usage of the Name Sharon

English, Biblical

Meaning of the Name Sharon

The name Sharon comes from a biblical place name meaning "plain" in Hebrew (the Sharon Plain is the northern half of the coastal plain of Israel). It is also the name of a flower, the rose of Sharon.

Famous Bearers

Bearers of the name include Sharon Turner (1768 - 1847), an English male historian and writer; Sharon Tate (1943 - 1969), an American actress; Sharon Walsh (born 1952), an American female tennis player; Sharon Stone (born 1958), an American actress and producer; Sharon Corr (born 1970), an Irish female musician and singer.
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