Sharia as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Sharia

What is the meaning of the name Sharia ?

The baby name Sharia is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ʃəˈriːə/ (shuh-REE-uh); also /ʃɑːˈriːə/ (sha-REE-ah).

Sharia is Arabic in Origin.

Sharia is a modern feminine given name drawing on Arabic sharīʿa (شريعة), “path” or “way [to the watering place],” a term that came to denote divine law in Islam. In onomastics it also functions as an elaboration of Shari - an English diminutive of Sharon (Hebrew “plain, fertile field”) or Sarah (Hebrew “princess”). Thus, Sharia may be read either with its Arabic sense of “the way” or as a stylistic extension of Hebrew-rooted forms.

Use appears in English-speaking records from the late 20th century, especially in the United States and, to a lesser extent, the UK, usually chosen for its sound or as a culturally expressive Arabic-Islamic reference. Variants include Shariah, Shariya, Shariyah, Sheria and Sharaya; related short forms are Shari, Ria and Ari. Because of its close association with Islamic jurisprudence, some families prefer the variant Shariah or the softened Sharaya to emphasize personal-name usage.