Sharon

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English

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Etymology

Biblical place name, Hebrew שָׁרוֹן (šārōn, “the Sharon plain”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sharon

  1. A plain in Israel.
  2. A female given name from Hebrew derived from the biblical place name.
  3. A unisex given name from Hebrew derived from the biblical place name.
    • 1927, Sinclair Lewis, Elmer Gantry, Harcourt, Brace and Company, page 183:
      My name is Katie Jonas. I was born in Utica. My dad worked on a brickyard. I picked out the name Sharon Falconer while I was a stenographer.
    • 2001, Deborah Cameron, Working With Spoken Discourse, SAGE, →ISBN, page 157:
      The group suggested a number of reasons why a girl might not fit in to their community - for instance, if she wore white socks and had a name like 'Sharon'.
  4. Any of a number of places in the US and Canada named after the biblical place.
    1. A town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States.
    2. A town in Portage County, Wisconsin, United States.
    3. A town and village in Walworth County, Wisconsin.
  5. A surname.

Usage notes

  • Popular given name in the U.S. in the 1940s and 1950s, and in the U.K. in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Noun

Sharon (plural Sharons)

  1. (UK, derogatory, slang) A working-class female.
    • 2005, Birgitte Tufte, Jeanette Rasmussen, Lars Bech Christensen, Frontrunners Or Copycats? (page 83), quoting a 17-year-old girl
      'Cos all the Sharons go with the Rocker type of skaters - because I've got friends who are really good friends with Sharons and they are skaters. And you don't hold it against them that they are Sharons and they are rockers.

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Etymology

From English Sharon, from Hebrew שָׁרוֹן (šārōn, “the Sharon plain”).

Proper noun

Sharon

  1. a female given name from English
  2. (biblical) a plain in Israel
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