Sharday
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- shar-DAY
- Origin
- Yoruba
Sharday is a girls' name of Yoruba origin, meaning “honour confers a crown”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Sharday mean?
Yoruba: phonetic spelling of Sade, short for Folasade
“honour confers a crown”
Spellings like Sharday followed the fame of the singer Sade, whose name is said shah-DAY.
Is Sharday a girl's or a boy's name?
Sharday is a girls' name.
How popular is Sharday in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sharday in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Sharday in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Sharday in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1986, with 170 girls. It first appears in the records in 1985.
Half of all the girls named Sharday in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sharday in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,413 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 21 | #4,682 |
| 1993 | 36 | #3,153 |
| 1992 | 46 | #2,645 |
| 1991 | 36 | #3,091 |
| 1990 | 42 | #2,732 |
| 1989 | 37 | #2,925 |
| 1988 | 60 | #1,982 |
| 1987 | 80 | #1,569 |
| 1986 | 170 | #933 |
| 1985 | 100 | #1,323 |
Names like Sharday
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Sharday
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sharday: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sharday, updated 20 October 2026.