Sharlene

Sharlene: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “free man”
Origin: French
Say it: shar-LEEN · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls

Variant of Charlene, the feminine form of Charles via French Charles from Germanic Karl. The exact spelling Sharlene reflects English phonetic respelling.

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How popular is Sharlene?

20242.4 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Sharlene in 20248

Peak year1956

Total US babies since 188012,166

Sharlene is fading: recent use is about 46% of its level ten years before.

Names like Sharlene

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Charlottefree man · French
Charlesfree man · Germanic
Carolinefree woman · French
Charleyfree man · English
Lottiefree man · English
Carlofree man · Germanic
Charlenefree woman · Germanic
GiancarloGod is gracious and manly · Italian

Sharlene questions

What does the name Sharlene mean?

Sharlene means "free man". It comes from French. Variant of Charlene, the feminine form of Charles via French Charles from Germanic Karl. The exact spelling Sharlene reflects English phonetic respelling.

Is Sharlene a boy or girl name?

Sharlene is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Sharlene?

8 US babies were named Sharlene in 2024. Its peak year was 1956.

How do you pronounce Sharlene?

Sharlene is usually pronounced shar-LEEN.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.