# Sharma

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #15,503

## Definitions
1. A surname from Hindi.
2. A surname from Telugu.

## Etymology
* Transliteration of Hindi शर्मा (śarmā).
* Transliteration of Telugu శర్మ (śarma).

## Easily confused with
- **sharp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharma-vs-sharp)
- **swarm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharma-vs-swarm)
- **Sharon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharma-vs-sharon)
- **sharpe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharma-vs-sharpe)
- **Sparta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharma-vs-sparta)
- **Shasta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharma-vs-shasta)
- **Sherpa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharma-vs-sherpa)
- **sharps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharma-vs-sharps)
- **Shauna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharma-vs-shauna)
- **Sherman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharma-vs-sherman)
- **Sara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sara-vs-sharma)
- **sham** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sham-vs-sharma)
- **share** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/share-vs-sharma)
- **shame** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shame-vs-sharma)
- **shark** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shark-vs-sharma)
- **shard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shard-vs-sharma)
- **Salma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salma-vs-sharma)
- **Shari** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shari-vs-sharma)
- **Shams** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shams-vs-sharma)
- **shaka** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaka-vs-sharma)

## Common misspellings (9)
`hsarma`, `sahrma`, `shamra`, `sharam`, `sharmma`, `sharrma`, `shharma`, `shrama`, `ssharma`

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