Meaning, origin and history of the name Arif

Gender Masculine

Scripts عارف(Arabic, Urdu, Shahmukhi) আরিফ(Bengali)

Pronounced Pron. ‘A-reef(Arabic) A-reef(Indonesian) ah-REEF(Azerbaijani) [key·IPA]

Note In Turkish and Azerbaijani this name is written with a dotted İ. It appears as ARİF in uppercase and arif in lowercase.

Meaning & History

Means "learned, knowing, expert" in Arabic.

Other Languages & CulturesAref(Persian)

classic formal strong strange simple serious