Around the globe, ﺍﺷﺮﻑ (ﺍﺷﺮﻑ 
) is quite a rare masculine forename. The first name ﺍﺷﺮﻑ is characteristic of Northern Africa, particularly Egypt, where it is quite a rare boy's name, Sudan, and Libya. Much less frequently, ﺍﺷﺮﻑ is the last name as well as the forename.