Arief

given name · Latin script

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

/ˈarif/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Arief is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Indonesia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • IDIndonesia≈1 in 1.2K(inferred from the name graph)
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 13K
  • USUnited States≈1 in 1.6M

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.

Indonesia (inferred from the name graph)

≈230,000 people, est.

Sources
214 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.2K (inferred from the name graph)

Indonesia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Arief 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 Arief is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ID Indonesia#111≈230,000 est.≈1 in 1.2K#3Arief214
MY Malaysia—≈2,600 est.≈1 in 13K—Arief54
TW Taiwan—≈520 est.≈1 in 45K—Arief11
PH Philippines—≈370 est.≈1 in 293K—Arief13
US United States—≈210 est.≈1 in 1.6MlistedArief108
SG Singapore#988≈190 est.≈1 in 33K—Arief22
NL Netherlands—431 in 402K43Arief14
QA Qatar—≈15 est.≈1 in 158K—Arief8

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: the id-github-names register; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). 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)

Arief is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written ِarief, Ärief

  • Bangla given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Malaysia, India, Bangladesh

    Also written Ãríéf

  • Russian given name50 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Bulgaria

    Languages: Russian, Uzbek, Bulgarian

    Also written Ариф, Ориф, Arif, Аріф, Orif

46 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1940196019802000Arief Budiman, b. 1941Arief Hidayat, b. 1956Arief Yahya, b. 1961Ilham Arief Sirajuddin, b. 1965Arief Suditomo, b. 1968Arief Rachadiono Wismansyah, b. 1977Arief Khedoe, b. 1987Imam Arief Fadillah, b. 1989Arief Muhammad, b. 1990Arief Gifar Ramadhan, b. 1994

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHalo Arief,Hi Arief, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 17 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Arief
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—43#7,329
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—25#17,304
ID IndonesiaKPU voter-roll name tokens (GitHub)———

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Arief?
A machine transcription gives /ˈarif/ (IPA) for Indonesian.
Is Arief a male or female name?
Arief 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 Arief have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 226 thousand people named Arief in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled arief.
How common is the name Arief?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 43 people named Arief, about 1 in 402 thousand residents.
How common is Arief compared with other names?
In Indonesia, Arief is the 111th 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, “Arief” — the 111th most common given name in Indonesia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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