Across the world, Aruf (Aruf 
) is a rare primarily masculine, but very seldom girly first name. The first name Aruf is characteristic of Indonesia, where it is a very rare masculine name, India, where it is a very rare primarily masculine, but very infrequently girly name, and Nigeria, where it is an extremely rare gender-neutral name. Likewise, Aruf is the last name as well as the forename.