Given name & surname

Sharik

“one who is a child of God”

Sharik is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “one who is a child of God.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

One African interpretation is “one who is a child of God.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is African.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Sharik through the years

Babies since 1880
15
0 boys · 15 girls
Most popular year
1997
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
012320002025Highest share 19970.0
Sharik in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1997–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2005. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 103 as a surname in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Sharik’s family of names

Sharik has a related form in Shareak. Sharik has a related form in Shareake. Sharik has a related form in Shareek.

Walk Sharik’s family in the name graph

SharikSharıkShareekShariqueSharickSharikeSharykShareakSharyqueSharykeSharickeShareake

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 10

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

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Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Sharik, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

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Tapanga

“one who is sweet and unpredictable”

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Sibling ideas

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