Sheron

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Sheron by the numbers

Sheron was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 128 babies in 1947, so it is a 1940s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Sheron

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sheron. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Sharona plain or fertile region; biblical place name243 in the US (2017)
  • Sherron5 in the US (2017)
  • Sherlynbeloved; a form of Cheryl with -lyn suffix216 in the US (2017)
  • Serenstar; from Welsh seren196 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Sherrybeloved; a form of Cherie64 in the US (2017)
  • Sarona plain or level place; place name from biblical geography26 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Sheron

Names that are said the same way as Sheron, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Shereensweet or pleasant6 in the US (2017)
  • Shehreen3 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Sheron

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