Forename Sharif

Throughout the world, Sharif (Sharif , شريف , Шариф , among others...) is a widespread predominantly male, but scarcely girly given name. The forename Sharif is habitual in Western Asia, particularly Oman, where it is quite a common predominantly boy's, but scarcely feminine name, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Southern Asia, particularly India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. Also, Sharif is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Sharif

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Sharif	Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh
شريف	Afghanistan, Turkey, Iran
Шариф	Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Tajikistan
شریف	Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Egypt, Iraq
ชารีฟ	Thailand
الشريف	Turkey, Iran

First names said to be same

Charif, Shareef, Shariff, Sharíf, Sharîf, Sharīf, Sharıf, Shàrif, Sháríf, Shárîf, Shârif, Shâríf, Shãrîf, Shąrif, Çharif, Çhârîf, Çhârïf, Çhãrîf, Şarif, Şerif, Šharif, Šhâřîf, Шаріф, Шериф, Шәріп, شاريف, شاریف, शरीफ, শরীফ, ശരീഫ്, ഷെരീഫ്, シャリーフ, and 沙日夫

First name Sharif in the context

Sharif is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .

Notable namesakes

	chaudhry muhammad sharif Pakistani judge (1928-2009), PK (b. 1928)
	ergashev sharif UZ (b. 1916)
	abbas sharif Pakistani politician (1955-2013), PK (b. 1955)
	zahid sharif Pakistani field hockey player, PK (b. 1967)
	mahmood sharif Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon University 2019
	ali sharif researcher (ORCID 0000-0003-4721-4762)
	ali sharif researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-1251-9817)
	najam a sharif researcher
	lama al sharif Master of Architecture, University of Washington
	shafik fauzan sharif Malaysian politician, MY
	kassem sharif researcher (ORCID 0000-0003-3905-3313)
	afzal sharif Bangladeshi television and film actor
	momal sharif researcher (ORCID 0000-0001-8876-9946)
	husan sharif Zottis chieftain
	othman masoud sharif Fist Vice-President of Zanzibar, TZ