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All over the world, Sharik (Sharik , Шарик ) is a common primarily masculine, but very infrequently female first name. The given name Sharik is habitual in Saudi Arabia, where it is quite a rare predominantly boy's, but scarcely feminine name, India, where it is quite a rare male name, and Kuwait. In absolute terms, the name is most common in India, Saudi Arabia, and Colombia. Also, Sharik is the last name as well as the forename.
Sharik is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Sharik , the fictional dog from Eduard Uspensky's Uncle Fedya, His Dog, and His Cat, Three from Prostokvashino.