It is certainly of the "Sharon and Tracey"/Karen era of names.

Isn't Shaz an acceptably hip derivative these days?

Butterfield wrote:

It is certainly of the "Sharon and Tracey"/Karen era of names.

Isn't Shaz an acceptably hip derivative these days?

Definitely not. But Ronnie might be.

I think I'd go for "Sha". That's quite unique.

Anyway, she just needs some perspective - someone to sit her down and tell her that her name is associated with people as young as 55 years old. That’d cheer any teenager up.

I'm trying to think if I knew any Sharons at school. I can think of one who was about my sister's age, so now about 49.

There was a Karen in my year. I remember hilariously calling her Karen Carpenter.

You’re probably one of her worst memories, and the reason she spent every lunchtime locked in a lavatory cubicle away from your taunting voice. You didn’t sing a few lines from the greatest hits across the class while everyone fell about laughing at her, did you?

Sharon is very Gen X. It’s not baby boomer, and not millennial. This teenager has insulted an entire generation by insisting they’re granny material to sob over.

I think Karen is more baby boom.

cosmictanya wrote:

Sharon is very Gen X.

Yes it is. I knew at least 10 people called Sharon during the course of my youth. Karen also multi-occurred.

Fangirl Three wrote:

cosmictanya wrote:

Sharon is very Gen X.

Yes it is. I knew at least 10 people called Sharon during the course of my youth. Karen also multi-occurred.

Don’t forget Donna. That seemed to have a good run from the late 50’s to the early 80’s, never heard before or since.