Entry № 2197 · Hebrew origin

Sherah Sherah — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SHEH-rah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Builder of cities (Ephraim's daughter)"
Syllables
2
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew Bible)

A name that means "builder of cities (ephraim's daughter)".

Sherah (שֶׁאֱרָה) means "flesh-kin" or "close relation" in Hebrew. In 1 Chronicles 7:24, Sherah was the daughter of Ephraim who built three cities: Lower and Upper Beth-Horon and Uzzen-sherah — one of only a handful of women in the Bible recorded as building cities.

Sherah is rare but iconic in biblical scholarship for her construction achievements.

Built three cities. The only biblical female city-builder.

The name in its native script.

שֶׁאֱרָה
Transliteration
Šeʾĕrāh
Pronunciation
/ ˈʃɛr.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Sherah stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Sherah · last year
87 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Sherahs before her.

Real people
Sherah
Ephraim's daughter, city-builder.
In fiction
Sherah
1 Chronicles 7:24.
Hebrew Bible

Names connected to Sherah.

The number behind Sherah.

8

The Authority

Sherah reduces to eight — the number of biblical builder.

Why families chose this name.

"Built three cities. Six letters. Sherah."
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