Given name
Sharita
“princess”
Sharita is a variant of Sarah. Sarah means “princess” in Hebrew.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sharita is a variant of Sarah. Sarah means “princess” in Hebrew.
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Where it comes from
Sharita is a variant of Sarah. Sarah comes from Hebrew biblical tradition and is the name given to Abraham’s wife in Genesis.
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How it developed
Sharita is a variant of Sarah. The shared background comes through Sarah: In the biblical account, Sarai is renamed Sarah as part of a blessing. Later Irish and Scottish uses sometimes adopted Sarah in place of local Gaelic names, a separate practice from its Hebrew origin.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1955. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Sharita is a variant of Sarah. The history of Sarah gives this family its wider story. Sarah is remembered in Genesis as Abraham’s wife and Isaac’s mother. Sarah’s later local adaptations included use for Sorcha in Ireland and Mor in Scotland, showing how an established biblical name could serve different naming traditions.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Sharita through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,637
- 0 boys · 2,637 girls
- Most popular year
- 1985
- 165 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 165 in 1985. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,148 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sharita’s family of names
Sharita has a related form in Sarah.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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