Shär

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Shär is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United Kingdom than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • CACanada≈1 in 22K(inferred from the name graph)
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 24K
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 30K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United Kingdom (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,700 people, est.

Sources
260 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 16K (inferred from the name graph)

New Zealand, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

4 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Shar in US United States, GB United Kingdom, CA Canada and 4 more and Shaer in EG Egypt, SA Saudi Arabia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Shär counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Shär is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
GB United Kingdom—≈2,700 est.≈1 in 24K116Shar81
EG Egypt—≈2,200 est.≈1 in 47K—Shaer61
IT Italy—≈2,100 est.≈1 in 30K—Shar6
CA Canada—≈1,700 est.≈1 in 22K—Shar65
SA Saudi Arabia—≈1,100 est.≈1 in 30K—Shaer28
US United States—9291 in 358K790Shar260
AU Australia—≈860 est.≈1 in 30K1Shar63
NZ New Zealand#883≈310 est.≈1 in 16K—Shar40
SG Singapore—≈290 est.≈1 in 21K—Shar9

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Shär is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Burmese given name85 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Myanmar (Burma), United States, Malaysia

    Also written Shar, Shãr, Ŝhar, Shař, Sĥãř

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Shär under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

Is Shär a male or female name?
Shär is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Shär have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.7 thousand people named Shär in the United Kingdom, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled shar.
How common is the name Shär?
In the United States, the national register counted 929 people named Shär in 2020, about 1 in 358 thousand residents.
How common is Shär compared with other names?
In New Zealand, Shär is the 883rd most common given name of 26,737 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Shär” — the 883rd most common given name in New Zealand. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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