Given name
Sharleen
“a small, strong woman”
Sharleen is a variant of Sharlene. In French use, Sharlene carries the interpretation “a small, strong woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sharleen is a variant of Sharlene. In French use, Sharlene carries the interpretation “a small, strong woman.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sharleen through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,623
- 0 boys · 2,623 girls
- Most popular year
- 1951
- 133 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −100%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 133 in 1951. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,317 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.
Sharleen’s family of names
Sharleen has a related form in Sharlene.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sharleen
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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