When James Sharp was born on 26 April 1760, in Dysart, Fife, Scotland, his father, Andrew Sharp, was 31 and his mother, Margaret Ramsey, was 21. He married Janet Mearns on 9 January 1789, in Dysart, Fife, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He was buried in Dysart, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English sharp(e) ‘sharp, quick, smart, acute, keen-witted’ (Old English scearp).
Irish: when not the English or Scots name in 1 above, an Anglicized (part translated) form of Gaelic Ó Géaráin ‘descendant of Géarán’, a personal name based on a diminutive of géar ‘sharp’.
Americanized form (translation into English) of German Scharf ‘sharp-cutting’ or of any of several other European names with similar meaning.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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