Given name
Sharifah
“noble; respected; virtuous”·“one who is honored”
Sharifah is a feminine form of Sharif. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is honored.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Arabic use, Sharifah carries the interpretation “noble; respected; virtuous.” Sharifah is a feminine form of Sharif. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is honored.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
How it developed
Sharifah is used as a feminine counterpart of Sharif.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sharifah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 145
- 0 boys · 145 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 16 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 girls is 5 in 1994. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 16 in 1975. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 253 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sharifah’s family of names
Sharifah is a feminine form of Sharif. Sharifah has a related form in Sharifa. Sharifah has a related form in Shareafa.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Sharifavariant
- Sharrifahlikely variant
- Shariffahlikely variant
- Shareifavariant
- Shariefavariant
- Shareafavariant
- Sharefavariant
- Sharyfavariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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