Sharifah

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Sharifah is also recorded as 2 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 Malaysia, United States, France, Philippines

  Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

  Also written Sharīfah

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Sharīfah

39 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.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Sharifah is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• High and

  as a name·Dictionary of Islamic Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Sharifah Sakinahb. 1989MYMalaysian female comedian, actress and television host (born 1989)
• Syarifah Fajri Maulidiyahb. 1995IDnot in their usual nameIndonesian model
• Sharifah Mumtazah Syed Ahmadb. 2000researcher
• Sharifah Farhana Syed-Ab-Rahmanb. 2000MYPostdoctoral Researcher
• Sharifah Wanyanab. 2001UGbadminton player
• Taban Aate SharifahUGUgandan politician
• Sharifah NoorMYMalaysian singer

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)

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)

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

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Sharifah mean, and where does it come from?

noble, honourable Recorded by African Muslim Names.

How do you pronounce Sharifah?

A machine transcription gives /sharifah/ (IPA) for Malay.

Is Sharifah a male or female name?

Sharifah is a female 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.

What are other forms of the name Sharifah?

In the etymology graph, Şerife and Sharifa are forms of the same name in other languages.

In which country does Sharifah have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 253 people named Sharifah, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sharifah.

Where is Sharifah most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Sharifah is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 107 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Sharifah?

In the United States, the national register counted 253 people named Sharifah in 2020, about 1 in 1.3 million residents.