Shareen
Feminine
The ee in Shareen settles a vowel that the Persian name it resembles does not have to settle. Shirin means sweet in Persian and is the heroine of one of the great love stories of the language; Shareen is an American spelling of a similar sound, and the doubled letter is there to make sure nobody misreads it.
How old is the name Shareen?
Shareen first appears in US birth records in 1941 — 84 years ago. The typical Shareen alive today was born around 1975, making them about 50 years old. About 900 people named Shareen are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Shareen most popular?
Shareen peaked in 1972, reaching #2022 nationally. See the whole 1972 chart.
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Where it comes from
From a Persian name meaning sweet to Shareen
Our story of Shareen
The ee spelling is doing something specific. English has half a dozen ways of writing this vowel and only one of them is unambiguous — ea can be short, ie can go either way, a single e depends on what follows it — and ee cannot be misread by anybody. A family writing a name they had heard rather than seen, and wanting it said correctly, will reach for the spelling that leaves no room for a mistake. That is why so many American names of the middle century end this way, and it is a practical decision rather than a decorative one.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Two possibilities. The name may be an English respelling of the Persian, which reached American use through several routes, or it may be built from a productive front element and an ending that appears on Doreen, Maureen and Kathleen. The spelling favors the second: the ee ending belongs to the American set, and the Persian would be written with an i.
How the name formed
- a Persian name meaning sweet
- an American ending shared with Doreen and Maureen
- the two arrive at similar spellings
- Shareen appears in the record in the 1940s
- peaks in the early 1970s
Related forms: Shirin · Sharene
Pronouncing Shareen
shuh-REEN
Two syllables with the stress at the back. The ee makes the vowel unmistakable, which is the whole point of writing it that way.
Nicknames for Shareen
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1941
- Most girls named
- 197330 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2022reached in 1972
- Change vs 2011
- 0.0%5 in 2019, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Shareen in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Shirin in Persian — related form
- Sharene in English — spelling variant
Shareens among us
people named Shareen are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Shareen sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- The spelling removes every ambiguity about the vowel.
- It is read correctly at sight by anybody.
- The sound is soft and the stress falls where English likes it.
- Sharene and Sharon will both be substituted at various times.
- There is no settled origin and two unrelated candidates.
- It is closely dated to the middle of the last century.
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Frequently asked
- How many Shareens are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Shareen are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Shareen in 2025?
- Shareen is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Shareen with classmates?
- Shareen will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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