Given name · also Turkish
Sherife
“noble”
Sherife is a feminine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Albanian.
Original TurkishŞerife
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sherife goes back to Arabic شَرِيفة, meaning “noble.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Sherife comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Arabic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish شریفه (Şerife), from Arabic شَرِيفة (“noble”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Sherife’s family of names
Sherife shares a linguistic root with the Turkish form Şerife.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
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.
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