64%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Arabic, Urdu, Pashto, Persian, Malay Scripts شريف(Arabic) شریف(Urdu) شریف(Pashto, Persian) Pronounced Pron. sha-REEF(Arabic) shə-REEF(Urdu) [key·IPA] Meaning & History Means "eminent, virtuous" in Arabic. This was a title used by the descendants of Muhammad. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantsShareef, Sherif(Arabic) Feminine FormsSharifa, Sharifah(Arabic) Sharifah(Malay) Other Languages & CulturesŞerif(Turkish) PopularityDetails Last ranked #983 in 1979 United States People think this name isRate·Details classic mature formal upper class strong refined strange serious nerdy Categories currently out of the US top 1000, Genshin Impact characters, greatness, isograms, The Wheel of Time characters, virtues