Given name · Arabic
أشرف
“noble, excellent”
أشرف (ʔašraf) is a masculine given name. It is used in Arabic.
ArabicWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: ʔašraf.
Meaning & origin
What it means
أشرف goes back to a word meaning “noble, excellent.”
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أشرف’s family of names
In Arabic usage, أشرف can be written in the Roman alphabet as ʔašraf.
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People named أشرف
- Ashraf GhaniPresident of Afghanistan from 2014 to 2021 (17 11 2006born 1949
- Ashraf PahlaviIranian royal (1919–2016)
- Ashraf HotakHotak emir of Afghanistan (died 1730)1700–1730
- Ashraf MarwanEgyptian businessman1944–2007
- Ashraf Ali ThanwiIndian Muslim scholar (1863–1943)
- Ashraf Dehghaniamongst the most well known Iranian female Communist revolutionary and member of the Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillasborn 1948
- Ashraf BarhomIsraeli Arab actorborn 1979
- Ashraf Nu'manPalestinian footballerborn 1986
- Achref AbadaAlgerian footballer (born 1999)
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