Forename Şerif

All over the world, Şerif (Sheriff , Şerif , Шериф ) is a common predominantly male, but very infrequently female forename. The given name Şerif is characteristic of Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Gambia, where it is quite a common boy's name, Nigeria, where it is quite a common predominantly masculine, but very seldom female name, and Ghana, where it is quite a rare boy's name. In absolute terms, it is commonest in Nigeria, Egypt, and Turkey. Likewise, Şerif is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Şerif

name Şerif, name Jerife, name Sharif, name Serif, name Syarif, name Xerif, name Sheriff, name Shareef, name Xarife, name Šerif, name Шериф, name Sjarief, name Sherif, name الرقيق

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Sheriff	Sierra Leone, United States, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, Liberia
Şerif	Bulgaria, United Kingdom, United States, Saudi Arabia, Turkey
Шериф	Russia, Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan

First names said to be same

Jerife, Serif, Shareef, Sharif, Sherif, Sjarief, Syarif, Xarife, Xerif, Šerif, and الرقيق

First name Şerif in the context

Şerif is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Sheriff , the character from Cars franchise; Sheriff of Nottingham , the character from Disney's Robin Hood; Sheriff of Nottingham , the the main villain in the legend of Robin Hood; Sheriff of Nottingham , the character from Princess of Thieves and Sheriff Hoyt , the fictional character in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake and its' prequel, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	şerif paşa Ottoman diplomat (1865-1951), TR (b. 1865)
	şerif yaçağaz Ottoman army officer, BG (b. 1876)
	şerif i̇lden Turkish politician, TR (b. 1879)
	şerif güralp Turkish author, TR (b. 1885)
	şerif muhittin targan Turkish musician, TR (b. 1892)
	şerif korkut Turkish politician, TR (b. 1895)
	şerif i̇çli Turkish composer and oud player, TR (b. 1899)
	şerif günyar Turkish artist, TR (b. 1958)
	şerif yenen Turkish writer, TR (b. 1963)
	şerif tüten Turkish politician, TR (b. 1925)
	şerif mardin Turkish sociologist, political scientist, and academic, TR (b. 1927)
	şerif sidky (b. 1969)
	solmaz şerif Iranian-American poet, TR (b. 1986)
	şerif ercan Turkish politician, TR (b. 1938)
	şerif cırık Turkish poet and singer, TR (b. 1940)

Characteristic surnames

Ali, Kaplan, Keskin, Doğan, Özkan, Özcan, Çakır, Çelik, Çetin, Çoban, Şahin, Bozkurt, Korkmaz, Güneş, Yıldız, Yılmaz, Çiçek, Karataş, Kılıç, Özdemir, Öztürk, Şimşek, Bayram, Ceylan, Aydın, Arslan, Can, Acar, Kara, Kaya, Koç, Kurt, Gül, Taş, Uzun, Şen, Yıldırım, Sarı, Akın, Ateş, Polat, Demir, Tekin, Turan, Yavuz, Uysal, Özer, Ünal, Aslan, and Çalışkan