Given name

Sharrie

“princess”

Sharrie is a variant of Sarah. Sarah means “princess” in Hebrew.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Sharrie is a variant of Sarah. Sarah means “princess” in Hebrew.

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Sharrie 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

Sharrie 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 1937. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Sharrie 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

Sharrie through the years

Babies since 1880
751
0 boys · 751 girls
Most popular year
1961
32 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
0510152019401960198020002025Highest share 19610.0
Sharrie in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1937–2025, 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 6 in 1994. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 32 in 1961. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 649 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.

Sharrie’s family of names

Sharrie has a related form in Sarah.

Walk Sharrie’s family in the name graph

SharrieSharryeSarah

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

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.

Similar names

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

Royal

Bethie

“God is my oath” · “My God is bountiful”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Royal

Shary

“princess”

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>99% girls

Royal

Buffie

“my God is bountiful”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Native American · Royal

Lise

“resembling a rising salmon”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Royal

Sarita

“princess”

22RareSteady

>99% girls

Royal

Betsie

“God is my oath” · “My God is bountiful”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Literary

Shari

“one who is greatly loved; a darling” · “rose of Sharon”

14Very rareEasing

>99% girls

German · Royal

Liesl

“my God is bountiful” · “God is my oath”

27RareEasing

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Sharrie’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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