Given name
Shareif
“one who is honored”
Shareif is a variant of Sharif. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is honored.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Shareif is a variant of Sharif. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is honored.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Shareif 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 1994. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shareif through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1994. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Shareif’s family of names
Shareif has a related form in Sharif.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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