The baby name Sharmarke is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced shar-MAR-keh (approx. IPA: /ʃɑrˈmɑrke/).
Sharmarke is Somali in Origin.
The baby name Sharmarke is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced shar-MAR-keh (approx. IPA: /ʃɑrˈmɑrke/).
Sharmarke is Somali in Origin.
Sharmarke is a Somali masculine name rooted in the phrase shar ma arko, literally "I do not see evil." It conveys senses of "innocent," "one who shuns harm," or a person guided away from malice, and belongs to the Cushitic linguistic tradition. Orthography varies with vowel length in Somali: Sharmaarke (with long aa) reflects the native spelling, while Sharmarke and Sharmake are common diaspora forms; Shermarke also appears in older or Anglicized records.
Documented across the Horn of Africa and global Somali communities, the name has notable bearers, including the 19th-century leader Sharmarke Ali Saleh and statesman Abdirashid Ali Shermarke, which helped keep the form visible in modern usage. In Somali naming customs it functions primarily as a given name, though it may appear as a hereditary surname abroad through patronymic adoption. Related variants include Sharmake, Sharmaarke, and Shermarke.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DJ | Boys | 0 | #35 | 2 | 657 |
| Sweden | Boys | 2018 | #185 | 2 | 1,584 |
| Canada | Boys | 1993 | #306 | 5 | 1,751 |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #329 | 4 | 7,401 |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #331 | 1 | 9,639 |
| YE | 0 | #396 | 3 | 8,639 | |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #466 | 1 | 10,523 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #510 | 1 | 10,188 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #605 | 1 | 10,045 |
| Finland | Boys | 2026 | #660 | 23 | 3,552 |
| United States | Boys | 2021 | #906 | 5 | 7,214 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #918 | 1 | 17,948 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #925 | 1 | 15,035 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #941 | 11 | 5,873 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,013 | 2 | 25,931 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,138 | 6 | 22,615 |
| TR | 0 | #1,253 | 2 | 19,440 | |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,266 | 7 | 25,619 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,598 | 17 | 28,008 |
Sharmarke is popular in 18 countries — most recent births per country:
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