Sharon
[ˈʃɛrən]Meaning
From a Hebrew place name meaning "plain", a fertile plain on Israel's central west coast.
Background Story
Sharon comes from an Old Testament place name, the Hebrew שָׁרוֹן, meaning "plain". It has been used as a feminine given name in the English-speaking world since the 1920s, possibly inspired by the heroine of the 1925 serial novel The Skyrocket by Adela Rogers St. Johns. As a Hebrew name it is unisex, and in Israel it is used by both men and women.
Variations
Sharone, Shari
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