Given name & surname · also Hindi
Saraf
“money charger”
Saraf is a surname from Hindi, ultimately from Arabic.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Saraf goes back to Urdu صَرَّاف, meaning “money charger.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Saraf comes from Hindi, and ultimately from Arabic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Hindi सर्राफ़, from Urdu صَرَّاف (“money charger”), from Classical Persian صَرَّاف, from Arabic صَرَّاف; its root is Arabic ص ر ف.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Saraf’s family of names
In English usage, Saraf as a surname has a related form in SHROFF. In Greek usage, Saraf as a surname is a transliteration of Σαράφ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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