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Sharon
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Also known as Sharon (first name), Sharon (given name)

right|thumb|Peggy Hopkins Joyce portrayed Sharon Kimm in the 1926 American film [[The Skyrocket.]] Sharon ( 'plain'), also spelled Saron, is a given name as well as a Hebrew name.

Key facts

Name.languageorigin
Hebrew
Name.name
Sharon
Name.image
SAMount-Sharon.jpg
Name.caption
Rose of Sharon by Shepard Alonzo Mount, 1850.
Name.gender
Unisex
Name.language
,
Name.origin
,
Name.meaning
"plain"
Name.region
Israel
Name.alternative spelling
Saron
Name.related names
Ron, Ronny, Ronnie, Roni, Aaron

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

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Soundex
S650
Cologne phonetics
876
Caverphone
SRN111
Commons category
Sharon (given name)
language of work or name
Italian
different from
Sharon
native label
Sharon
writing system
Latin script
described by source
Wiktionary

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Encyclopedic overview

11 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • Usage history
  • People with the given name
  • Feminine given name
  • Masculine given name
  • People with the surname
  • Pseudonym
  • Fictional characters
  • See also
  • Placenames
  • References

right|thumb|Peggy Hopkins Joyce portrayed Sharon Kimm in the 1926 American film [[The Skyrocket.]] Sharon ( 'plain'), also spelled Saron, is a given name as well as a Hebrew name.

In English-speaking areas, Sharon is now predominantly a feminine given name, but historically it was also used as a masculine given name. In Israel, it is used as both.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sharon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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