Sharay
Meaning of Sharay
Sharay, a female given name rendered in English as shuh-RAY (/ʃəˈreɪ/), represents a contemporary Anglo-American elaboration of the Hebrew Sarah—via the diminutive Shari—and thus inherits the original biblical meaning of “princess.” Its distinctive spelling, terminating in the digraph -ay, exemplifies a broader late twentieth-century American preference for open-syllable endings and rising intonational contours. Analysis of U.S. Social Security Administration statistics attests to Sharay’s sustained, if modest, presence in the national onomastic register from the late 1960s onward, reaching its highest position—rank 806—in 1991 and consistently occupying slots within the 800–980 range throughout the first decade of the twenty-first century. This pattern of usage illustrates the name’s dual character as both an innovative lexical formation and a vessel of enduring cultural heritage within the Anglo-American naming tradition.
Pronunciation
English
- Pronunced as shuh-RAY (/ʃəˈreɪ/)
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