Zarif
Boy · za-REEF · Arabic
Zarif is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “elegant, witty”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Zarif mean?
Arabic: Arabic zarif
“elegant, witty”
From Arabic zarif, describing someone graceful, refined and witty.
- Say it
- za-REEF
Is Zarif a girl's or a boy's name?
Zarif is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zarif in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Zarif, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Zarif in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Zarif in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
How popular is Zarif in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Zarif in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zarif in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
Names like Zarif
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