Given name & surname
Sharief
“one who is honored”
Sharief is a variant of Sharif. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is honored.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sharief is a variant of Sharif. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is honored.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Sharief 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 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sharief through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 187
- 187 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1997
- 14 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 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 1997. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 198 as a first name in 2020; 295 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.
Sharief’s family of names
Sharief 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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