Sharīf
شَرِيف
Say it sha-REEF
Noble, honourable
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- sh-r-f
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Sharif, Shareef, Cherif
Meaning & source
Noble, honourable: sharaf is “standing through one’s forefathers”.
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شرف: الشَّرَفُ: الحَسَبُ بِالْآبَاءِ، شَرُفَ يَشْرُفُ شَرَفاً وشُرْفَةً وشَرْفَةً وشَرَافَةً، فَهُوَ شَرِيفٌ، وَالْجَمْعُ أَشْرافٌ
Who carried this name
We have not recorded an early bearer of this name. The word is classical Arabic.