Sharai
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Sharai is a rare biblical name of Hebrew origin mentioned in the Old Testament
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/shɑɹaɪ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Sharai is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- GYGuyana1 in 375K(measured from records)
- NLNetherlands1 in 557K
- USUnited States1 in 770K
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 51 (measured from records)
- 1 in 375K (inferred from the name graph)
432 people, 2020
Highest-authority source
Guyana
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Sharai is a rare biblical name of Hebrew origin mentioned in the Old Testament. The name belongs to a man who participated in the religious reforms of Ezra. Its meaning is not definitively known, but possibilities include "releaser" or "my prince".
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Sharai 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 432 | 1 in 770K | 425 | Sharai | 40 |
| NL Netherlands | 31 | 1 in 557K | 31 | — | 1 |
| ES Spain | 28 | 1 in 1.8M | 28 | Sharai | 10 |
| PL Poland | 2 | 1 in 19M | 57 | — | — |
| GY Guyana | 2 | 1 in 375K | 2 | — | — |
432 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. 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; dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Sharai is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
The exact meaning of the Hebrew name Sharai (שָׁרַי) is uncertain, with scholars proposing several possibilities. Some suggest it means "releaser" or "Jah is deliverer". Other sources propose meanings such as "hostile", "my prince", or "my song".
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
Sharai's inclusion in the list in Ezra 10 highlights the post-exilic community's struggle to maintain its religious purity and covenantal obligations. His compliance with Ezra's call for separation from foreign wives serves as an example of the personal sacrifice required for national repentance and the restoration of Israel's distinct identity before God.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In English, Sharaim [Shaaraim]
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, Biblical name
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
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 19 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 57 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 57 | #46,101 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 55 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 55 | #46,753 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Sharai come from?
- Sharai is a rare biblical name of Hebrew origin mentioned in the Old Testament. The name belongs to a man who participated in the religious reforms of Ezra. Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- How do you pronounce Sharai?
- A machine transcription gives /shɑɹaɪ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Sharai mean?
- Recorded meaning: Sharai is a rare biblical name of Hebrew origin mentioned in the Old Testament.
- Is Sharai a male or female name?
- Sharai 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.
- In which country does Sharai have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 432 people named Sharai, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sharai.
- Where is Sharai most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Sharai is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 375 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Sharai?
- In the United States, the national register counted 432 people named Sharai in 2020, about 1 in 770 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/sharaiThe 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, “Sharai”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.