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Sharni

Gender
Girl
Say it
SHAR-nee
Origin
Modern

Sharni is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

Where does Sharni come from?

Modern: modern coinage, a variant of Sharna

Is Sharni a girl's or a boy's name?

Sharni is a girls' name.

How popular is Sharni in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 15 girls.

Half of all the girls named Sharni in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2006. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 15 in 19962015
Sharni in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20154#4,951
20140–
20130–
20120–
20114#4,980
20100–
20093#5,801
20084#4,742
20074#4,494
20066#3,280
20054#4,150
20045#3,356
20035#3,233
20025#3,047
20013#4,156
20008#2,097
19995#2,912
199813#1,505
199711#1,664
199615#1,309

Names like Sharni

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Names related to Sharni

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Sharni: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sharni, updated 20 October 2026.