Boy, occasionally given to girls · Sanskrit · Hindu
Sharan
शरणSay it SHUH-run
- Meaning
- Protecting, guarding; shelter, refuge, home; protection Monier-Williams, p. 1057
- Say it
- SHUH-run
- Written
- शरण
- Other spellings
- Saran
Sharan
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Sharan meaning
Sharan (शरण) is a Hindu boy's name of Sanskrit origin.
Protecting, guarding; shelter, refuge, home; protection
Sharan (शरण) is Sanskrit śaraṇa. Monier-Williams gives the adjective as protecting, guarding or defending, and the noun as a shelter, hut, house or home, and above all refuge or protection, as when one goes to someone for refuge. The idea is central to devotion: Hindu, Buddhist and Jain traditions all speak of taking śaraṇa, refuge, in the divine or in the teacher. Name lists give Sharan as "refuge", "shelter" or "protection", which matches the dictionary.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 1057 · entry śaraṇa · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, śaraṇa, p. 1057
Spellings
Sharan · Saran