Globally, Chaf (Chaf 
, Шаф 
) is quite a rare dominantly male, but uncommonly female forename. The first name Chaf is characteristic of Northern Africa, particularly Morocco, where it is quite a rare predominantly male, but scarcely feminine name, Algeria, where it is quite a rare epicene name, and Tunisia, where it is a rare male name. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Northern Africa, particularly Morocco, Algeria, and Egypt. Likewise, Chaf is the last name as well as the forename.