Sharif
Sharif ( Arabic شريف) is an Arabic male first name and family name meaning "excellent, significant, righteous". The feminine form of the name is Sharifa , the Turkish masculine form is Şerif .
Name bearer
First name
- Sharif Sheikh Ahmed (* 1964), Somali politician and President (2009–2012)
- Sharif Atkins (* 1975), American film actor
- Muhammad Sharif Butt (1926-2015), Pakistani sprinter
- Sharif Dean (1947–2019), Algerian-French musician
- Sharif Harir (* 19 **), Sudanese anthropologist and politician
- Sharif Sehnaoui (* 1976), Lebanese improvisation musician
family name
- Abd as-Sattar Sharif (1933–2008), Kurdish politician
- Ahmed Bey bin Muhammad Sharif (1786-1851), Bey of Constantine
- Ayman esh-Sharif (* 1980), Libyan football referee
- Bülent Sharif (* 1973), German-Turkish actor and model
- Jamal al-Hajj Sharif (* 1930), Kurdish politician
- Jafar Sharif-Emami (1910–1998), Iranian politician and Prime Minister of Iran
- Farhang Sharif (1931–2016), Iranian musician and tar player
- MM Sharif (1893–1965), philosopher, university professor, personality of Islam in Pakistan
- Manal al-Sharif (* 1978/1979), Saudi IT consultant
- Maryam Nawaz Sharif (* 1973), Pakistani politician
- Maimunah Mohd Sharif (* 1961), Malaysian urban planner and UN Habitat Director
- Mohammad Abd al-Ghaffar asch-Sharif (* 1953), Kuwaiti Islamic legal scholar
- Mohammed Raja Abdullah Al-Hussaini Al Sharif , Saudi diplomat
- Muhammad Sharif (1920–2004), large Pakistani industrialist
- Muhammad Ahmad Al-Sharif , Secretary General of the World Islamic Call Society
- Nawaz Sharif (* 1949), former Prime Minister of Pakistan
- Omar Sharif (1932-2015), Egyptian actor
- Omar Sharif Jr. (* 1983), Canadian actor, LGBT activist and model
- Raheel Sharif (* 1956), Pakistani general and acting army chief of the country
- Sajjad Sharif (* 1963), Bangladeshi author and journalist
- Shehbaz Sharif (* 1951), Pakistani politician
- Solmaz Sharif (* 1986), American poet
- Tayba Hassan Al-Sharif (* 1963), Sudanese-US-American International Protection Officer of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
See also
- Sharif family , a significant clan in Pakistani politics and business
- Sherif , an Islamic honorary title
- Shariff (disambiguation)