Across the world, إليف (Elif 
, إليف 
) is a common principally female, but scarcely masculine first name. The given name إليف is habitual in Turkey, where it is quite a common female name, Georgia, where it is quite a rare predominantly girly, but scarcely male name, and Albania, where it is quite a rare female name. In absolute terms, the name is most common in Turkey, Germany, and France. Very seldom, إليف is the last name as well as the forename.