Given name & surname
Shareef
“one who is honored”
Shareef is a variant of Sharif. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is honored.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Shareef is a variant of Sharif. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is honored.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Shareef is a variant of Sharif. An origin associated with Sharif is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shareef through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,196
- 1,196 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1997
- 53 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,806 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −46%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,806 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 46.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 53 in 1997. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 917 as a first name in 2020; 1,420 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Shareef’s family of names
Shareef has a related form in Sharif.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Shareef
- Shareef Abdur-RahimAmerican basketball player (born 1976)
- Shareef O'NealAmerican basketball player (born 2000)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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