Given name & surname
Sherif
“one who is honored”
Sherif is a variant of Sharif. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is honored.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sherif is a variant of Sharif. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is honored.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Sherif is a variant of Sharifa. An origin associated with Sharifa is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sherif through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 428
- 428 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,809 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −19%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,809 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 18 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,736 as a first name in 2020; 977 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.
Sherif’s family of names
Sherif has a related form in Sharif. Sherif has a related form in Sharifa.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sherif
- Sherif IsmailEgyptian politician (1955–2023)
- Black SherifGhanaian singer and rapperborn 2002
- Sherif GaberEgyptian political activist and bloggerborn 1993
- Sherif AshrafEgyptian association football playerborn 1987
- Sherif ArafaEgyptian director, writer and producerborn 1960
- Sherif SonbolEgyptian photographer (1956–2023)
- Sherif MounirEgyptian actorborn 1959
- Sherif El BailyEgyptian-American soccer playerborn 1979
- Sherif KallakuAlbanian association football playerborn 1998
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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