Arìf

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Arìf is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Indonesia it is the 45th most common given name. Recorded meaning: From Arabic عَارِف (ʕārif), from Arabic عَارِف (ʕārif, “knowing”), active participle of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa, “to know”).

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 139K(measured from records)
  • IDIndonesia≈1 in 11M
  • ALAlbania1 in 3.5K

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.

United States (measured from records)

2,389 people, 2020

Sources
240 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 3.5K (inferred from the name graph)

Albania

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Arif in ID Indonesia, US United States.

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)

Derivation of Arìf: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Arìf
  1. Arabicعَارِفʕārif(measured from records)
  2. 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 26 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Arìf 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.

Where Arìf is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—2,3891 in 139K2.6KArif166
AL Albania—8751 in 3.5K875——
SE Sweden—6171 in 17K617—11
SI Slovenia—2331 in 9K233—2
PL Poland—2261 in 169K226——
DK Denmark—1591 in 37K212——
GY Guyana—1221 in 6.1K122——
ID Indonesia#45≈25 est.≈1 in 11M—Arif240

2,389 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. 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; INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); SURS — resident population given names; dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Arìf is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Slovak given name15 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Czechia, Slovakia, India

    Languages: Slovak, Czech

    Also written Arif, Ąřïf, Aríf, Ãřìf, Ãŕįf

  • Turkish given name24 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Syria, Saudi Arabia, India

    Languages: Turkish, Arabic, Azerbaijani

    Also written Arif, A'Rif, 'Arif, Ârif, Ãrif

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Arìf under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Arìf 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 Arìf a male or female name?
Arìf 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 Arìf have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 2.4 thousand people named Arìf, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled arif.
Where is Arìf most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Arìf is densest in Albania — about 1 in 3.5 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Arìf?
In the United States, the national register counted 2,389 people named Arìf in 2020, about 1 in 139 thousand residents.
How common is Arìf compared with other names?
In Indonesia, Arìf is the 45th most common given name of 270,909 given names recorded there.

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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, “Arìf” — the 45th most common given name in Indonesia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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