Arif
Arif ( Arabic عارف, DMG ʿĀrif ) is a male given name of Arabic origin meaning "the knowing", "the experienced". The name occurs in the Arabic and Persian-speaking areas, in Turkey , in Azerbaijan and in the Balkans and also occurs as a family name . The feminine form of the name is Arife .
Name bearer
Ottoman time
- Hacı Arif Bey (1831–1885), Ottoman composer
First name
- Arif Abd ar-Razzaq (1921–2007), Iraqi general and politician
- Arif Demolli (1949–2017), Kosovar Albanian writer and journalist
- Arif Erdem (* 1972), Turkish national soccer player
- Arif Güney (* 1953), Turkish soccer player and coach
- Arif Erkin Güzelbeyoğlu (* 1935), Turkish architect, musician and actor
- Arif Kocabıyık (* 1958), Turkish soccer player
- Arif Kuşdoğan (* 1956), Turkish football player
- Arif Mardin (1932-2006), American music producer of Turkish origin
- Arif Dschangirowitsch Melikow (* 1933), Azerbaijani composer
- Arif Mirsojew (* 1944), Azerbaijani composer, organist and pianist
- Arif Morkaya (* 1989), Turkish football player
- Arif Peçenek (1959–2013), Turkish football player and coach
- Arif Sağ (* 1945), Turkish singer and politician
- Arif Taifur (* 1945), Kurdish-Iraqi politician
- Arif Ünal (* 1953), German politician (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen) of Turkish origin
family name
- Abd ar-Rahman Arif (1916–2007), President of Iraq (1966–68)
- Abd as-Salam Arif (1921–1966), President of Iraq (1963–66)
- Ahmed Arif (1927–1991), Turkish poet of Kurdish origin
- Hacı Arif Bey (1831–1885), Ottoman composer
- Hussain Arif (* 1968), Pakistani athlete
- Ibn al-Arif (1088–1141), Sufi in medieval Almería
- Kader Arif (* 1959), French politician
- Mohamed Arif (* 1985), Maldivian football player
- Mohammed Usman Arif (1923–1995), Indian politician
- Ozan Arif (1949–2019), Turkish producer and singer
- Samsul Arif (* 1985), Indonesian football player
- Syed Mohammed Arif (* 1944), Indian badminton player and coach
- Zainal Arif (* 1981), Indonesian soccer player
additional
- Arif (Lycia) , name of an ancient city in Lycia