Shem Tov Girl's nameOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: hardly given today
Sharona, saronaIn Hebrew: שרונה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: שָׁרוֹנָהRomanization: sharóna, šārônâ
Sharona, sarona (Hebrew: שרונה) is a girl's name of Hebrew origin. 3,154 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1971, with 268 babies.
- People in Israel
- 3,154
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- —
- not in the list
- Peak year
- 1971
- 268 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Sharona, sarona
In Hebrew letters the name is שרונה, read right to left. Sharona, sarona is the Latin spelling recorded in Wiktionary; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "sharóna, šārônâ" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a female given name, Sharona
- a moshav in northern Israel
- Sarona (a former German Templer colony in Ottoman Palestine, now a neighborhood in Tel Aviv)
From שָׁרוֹן (sharón, “Sharon plain”) + ־ָה (-a, “feminine suffix”).
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Sharona, sarona by year in Israel
How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Related Israeli names
- Sharonשרון
- Sarahשרה
- Shiraשירה
- Shoshanaשושנה
- Irinaאירינה
- Marinaמרינה
- Shiranשירן
- Rinaרינה
- Ornaאורנה
- Shirinשירין
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Sharona, sarona
How do you write Sharona, sarona in Hebrew?
Sharona, sarona is written שרונה in Hebrew (with vowel points: שָׁרוֹנָה). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "sharóna, šārônâ".
How many people in Israel are named Sharona, sarona?
3,154 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name שרונה: 3,154 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is Sharona, sarona a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named שרונה are women.
What does the name Sharona, sarona mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a female given name, Sharona" Etymology: From שָׁרוֹן (sharón, “Sharon plain”) + ־ָה (-a, “feminine suffix”).
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.