# Sharkey

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈʃɑɹki/ · frequency rank #47,904

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish.

## Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Searcaigh (“descendant of Searcach”), from searcach (“beloved”).

## Easily confused with
- **sharpe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharkey-vs-sharpe)
- **Sparky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharkey-vs-sparky)
- **snarky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharkey-vs-snarky)
- **sharply** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharkey-vs-sharply)
- **Shirley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharkey-vs-shirley)
- **sharper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharkey-vs-sharper)
- **sharpen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharkey-vs-sharpen)
- **sparkly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharkey-vs-sparkly)
- **starkly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharkey-vs-starkly)
- **share** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/share-vs-sharkey)
- **shake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shake-vs-sharkey)
- **shark** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shark-vs-sharkey)
- **shaky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaky-vs-sharkey)
- **shared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shared-vs-sharkey)
- **shares** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shares-vs-sharkey)
- **shakes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shakes-vs-sharkey)
- **shaken** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaken-vs-sharkey)
- **shaker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaker-vs-sharkey)

## Common misspellings (11)
`hsarkey`, `sahrkey`, `shakrey`, `shareky`, `sharkeyy`, `sharkkey`, `sharkye`, `sharrkey`, `shharkey`, `shrakey`, `ssharkey`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sharkey