Sharman Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Records tie Sharman closely to Sherman. Its meaning, shared with Sherman, is “Shearer of cloth”. Sharman writes “a” in place of the “e” found in Sherman, a common scribal difference. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Other spellings include Shearman, Scherman and Schermann.

The 2010 US Census counted 1,144 people named Sharman, ranking it number 22,481 among American surnames. It sits within the 25,000 most common last names in the country.

There is no single Sharman family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were. Research your Sharman family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.