64%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Arabic, Urdu, Pashto, Persian, Tajik, Uzbek, Malay Scripts شريف(Arabic, Pashto) شریف(Urdu, Persian) Шариф(Tajik, Uzbek) Pronounced Pron. /ʃa.ˈriːf/(Arabic) /ʃə.ˈriːf/(Urdu) /ʃæ.ˈɾiːf/(Persian) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Means "noble, eminent" in Arabic, a derivative of شرف (sharufa) meaning "to be noble, to be illustrious". This was a title used by the descendants of Muhammad. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details RootsharufaVariantsShareef, Sherif(Arabic) Feminine FormsSharifa, Sharifah(Arabic) Sharifah(Malay) Other Languages & CulturesŞerif(Turkish) Surname DescendantsSharipov, Sharipova(Tajik) Sharipov, Sharipova(Uzbek) PopularityDetails Last ranked #983 in 1979 United States People think this name isRate·Details classic mature formal upper class strong refined strange serious Categories currently out of the US top 1000, Genshin Impact characters, greatness, isograms, The Wheel of Time characters, virtues