Given name
Sharyn
“rose of Sharon”·“from the plains; a flowering shrub”
In English use, Sharyn has a related form in Sharon. Interpretations include “rose of Sharon” and “from the plains; a flowering shrub” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Sharyn has a related form in Sharon. Interpretations include “rose of Sharon” and “from the plains; a flowering shrub” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Sharyn has a related form in Sharon. An origin associated with Sharon is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1931. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Sharyn has a related form in Sharon. The history of Sharon gives this family its wider story. The phrase “rose of Sharon” in the Song of Solomon 2:1 connects the place name with floral imagery. Rose of Sharon also appears as a character name in John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, providing a separate literary association.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Sharyn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7,243
- 0 boys · 7,243 girls
- Most popular year
- 1947
- 919 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 8 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 919 in 1947. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,342 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.
Sharyn’s family of names
In English usage, Sharyn has a related form in Sharon.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Sharyn
- Sharyn McCrumbAmerican writer (born 1948)
- Sharyn MoffettAmerican actress1936–2021
- Sharyn HillAustralian cricketerborn 1954
- Sharyn BowAustralian cricketerborn 1971
- Sharyn AlfonsiAmerican on-air correspondent and journalistborn 1971
- Sharyn Hodgsontelevision actressborn 1968
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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