Shariff
Boy · sha-REEF · Arabic
Shariff is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “noble; honourable”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Shariff mean?
Arabic: spelling of Sharif
“noble; honourable”
Sharif is also a title for descendants of the Prophet Muhammad through his grandson Hasan.
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Meaning borrowed from Sharif.
Is Shariff a girl's or a boy's name?
Shariff is a boys' name.
How popular is Shariff in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1983, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the boys named Shariff in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shariff in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 20 | #3,593 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,745 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,655 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,099 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,303 |
| 1989 | 24 | #2,609 |
| 1988 | 23 | #2,504 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,334 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,265 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 18 | #2,612 |
| 1983 | 30 | #1,821 |
| 1982 | 18 | #2,595 |
| 1981 | 16 | #2,777 |
| 1980 | 15 | #2,964 |
| 1979 | 21 | #2,309 |
| 1978 | 25 | #1,965 |
| 1977 | 20 | #2,270 |
| 1976 | 18 | #2,416 |
| 1975 | 13 | #2,900 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,118 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 11 | #2,989 |
| 1971 | 14 | #2,557 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
Names like Shariff
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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