Given name & surname
Sharman
“charming and delightful woman”·“one who cuts wool cloth”
Sharman is a variant of Sharmane. In English use, Sharmane carries the interpretation “charming and delightful woman.” Sharman has a related form in Sherman. One English interpretation is “one who cuts wool cloth.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sharman is a variant of Sharmane. In English use, Sharmane carries the interpretation “charming and delightful woman.” Sharman has a related form in Sherman. One English interpretation is “one who cuts wool cloth.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Sharman is a form of Charmian. An origin associated with Charmian is Egyptian. Sharman has a related form in Sherman. An origin associated with Sherman is Old English. Sharman connects to the Charmaine name family through Sharmane. An origin associated with Charmaine is English.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Sharman is used as a form of Charmian.
The story
Its naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Sharman through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,042
- 28 boys · 1,014 girls
- Most popular year
- 1950
- 166 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 7 in 1983. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 160 in 1950. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 979 as a first name in 2020; 1,309 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.
Sharman’s family of names
Sharman has a related form in Sherman. Sharman has a related form in Sharmane. Sharman is a form of Charmian.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Sharman
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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