Sharlene
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A female given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Charlene
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈʃɑɹˌɫin/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Sharlene is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 7.8K(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 12K
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 18K
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.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 378 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 5.6K (inferred from the name graph)
≈54,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Jamaica, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A female given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Charlene.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Sharlene 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈54,000 est. | ≈1 in 26K | — | Sharlene | 4 |
| US United States | — | 10,243 | 1 in 32K | 10K | Sharlene | 378 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈3,700 est. | ≈1 in 30K | — | Sharlene | 78 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈3,200 est. | ≈1 in 18K | — | Sharlene | 53 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈2,600 est. | ≈1 in 26K | 3 | Sharlene | 136 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈2,100 est. | ≈1 in 12K | 3 | Sharlene | 144 |
| NZ New Zealand | #513 | ≈630 est. | ≈1 in 7.8K | 11 | Sharlene | 84 |
| JM Jamaica | #176 | ≈500 est. | ≈1 in 5.6K | — | Sharlene | 9 |
| GY Guyana | — | 57 | 1 in 13K | 57 | — | 4 |
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; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Sharlene Royerb. 1953CACanadian actress
- Sharlene Hummb. 1953USfilm producer
- Sharlene Martinb. 1953CACanadian actress
- Sharlene Tauléb. 1989DODominican singer, actress, musician and songwriter
- Sharlene Mawdsleyb. 1998IEIrish sprinter
- Sharlene San Pedrob. 1999PHFilipino actress and vlogger (born 1999)
- Sharlene BakerUSAmerican screenwriter
- Sharlene Sinegal-DeCuirhistorian
- Sharlene HectorEnglish musical theatre actress and singer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 43 sources across 27 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 10K | #2,425 |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 57 | #537 |
| NZ New Zealand | DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present) | 1991 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 9 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 2002 | 3 | #640 |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 1985 | 3 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2 | #2,425 |
| AU Australia | AU state BDM — consolidated top baby names (NSW + SA + QLD) | 2017 | 1 | — |
| AU Australia | SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present) | 2017 | 1 | — |
| AU Australia | SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present) | 1962 | 1 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present) | 2016 | — | — |
| GB United Kingdom | A Concise Dictionary of First Names (Hanks & Hodges, 2001) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Sharlene a male or female name?
- Sharlene is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Sharlene mean, and where does it come from?
- A female given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Charlene. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- What are other forms of the name Sharlene?
- In the etymology graph, Carolyn, Carolina and Carla are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Sharlene?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈʃɑɹˌɫin/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Sharlene have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 54 thousand people named Sharlene in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sharlene.
- How common is the name Sharlene?
- In the United States, the national register counted 10,243 people named Sharlene in 2020, about 1 in 32 thousand residents.
- How common is Sharlene compared with other names?
- In Jamaica, Sharlene is the 176th most common given name of 21,568 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Sharlene?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/sharleneThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Sharlene” — the 176th most common given name in Jamaica. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.