Àrìf
given name · Latin script
Àrìf is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Bangladesh than in any other country, where it is the 31st most common given name. Recorded meaning: From Arabic عَارِف (ʕārif), from Arabic عَارِف (ʕārif, “knowing”), active participle of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa, “to know”).
- BDBangladesh≈1 in 479(inferred from the name graph)
- PKPakistan≈1 in 1.7K
- USUnited States1 in 139K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Bangladesh (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 205 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 479 (inferred from the name graph)
≈340,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Bangladesh, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Arif in PK Pakistan, BD Bangladesh, US United States and 2 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Arabicعَارِفʕārif(measured from records)
- Arabicعَارِفʕārif“knowing”(measured from records)
From Arabic عَارِف (ʕārif), from Arabic عَارِف (ʕārif, “knowing”), active participle of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa, “to know”).
Sources 5
- Muslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman
- Whats in a name = Unaitwaje a Swahili book of names
- TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)
- Wiktionary
- Nordic Names
Attested across 23 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Àrìf counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BD Bangladesh | #31 | ≈340,000 est. | ≈1 in 479 | listed | Arif | 127 |
| PK Pakistan | #163 | ≈140,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.7K | listed | Arif | 131 |
| TR Türkiye | — | ≈100,000 est. | ≈1 in 781 | — | Arif | 24 |
| AF Afghanistan | — | ≈23,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.6K | — | Arif | 13 |
| AZ Azerbaijan | — | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 654 | 441 | — | 10 |
| US United States | — | 2,389 | 1 in 139K | 2.6K | Arif | 205 |
| XK Kosovo | — | ≈2,300 est. | ≈1 in 826 | 2.7K | — | 2 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search); Azerbaijan Ministry of Justice — Civil Registry Name Statistics. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Àrìf mean, and where does it come from?
- From Arabic عَارِف (ʕārif), from Arabic عَارِف (ʕārif, “knowing”), active participle of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa, “to know”). Recorded by Muslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman and Whats in a name = Unaitwaje a Swahili book of names and 3 other sources.
- Is Àrìf a male or female name?
- Àrìf is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Àrìf have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 339 thousand people named Àrìf in Bangladesh, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled arif.
- How common is the name Àrìf?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,389 people named Àrìf in 2020, about 1 in 139 thousand residents.
- How common is Àrìf compared with other names?
- In Bangladesh, Àrìf is the 31st most common given name of 29,323 given names recorded there.
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curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/%C3%A0r%C3%ACfThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Àrìf” — the 31st most common given name in Bangladesh. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.