Given name & surname
Sharma
Sharma is a surname from Hindi, ultimately from Telugu.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Sanskrit.
How it developed
The name draws on Sanskrit sarman, meaning “protection, refuge”.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1935. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sharma through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 434
- 0 boys · 434 girls
- Most popular year
- 1969
- 24 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 9 in 1983. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 24 in 1969. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 590 as a first name in 2020; 46,467 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.
Sharma’s family of names
In English usage, Sharma as a surname has an alternative spelling in SARMA. In English usage, Sharma as a surname has a related form in SARMA.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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