Across the world, Chirif (Chirif 
) is quite a rare primarily male, but very seldom female first name. The first name Chirif is characteristic of Northern Africa, particularly Algeria, where it is quite a rare principally male, but very infrequently female name, Morocco, where it is a rare predominantly boy's, but very infrequently girly name, and Tunisia, where it is a rare male name. In absolute terms, it is commonest in Algeria, Morocco, and Romania. Also, Chirif is the last name as well as the forename.