When John Sharp was christened on 1 February 1708, in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, his father, John Sharp, was 33 and his mother, Janet Hunter, was 33. He married Janet Hunter on 3 November 1732, in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters.
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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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