Sherif
Sherif (also transliterated Sharīf or Sharif; Arabic: شريف) is an Arabic word meaning "noble", "highborn", or "honourable". It is etymologically unconnected to the word sheriff. Notable people with the name include
Given name
- Sherif Abdel-Fadil (born 1983), Egyptian footballer
Surname
- Amro Sherif (born 1991), Egyptian basketball player
- Mohamed Saad El Din Sherif
- Muzafer Sherif (1906–1988), Turkish-American psychologist, one of the founders of social psychology
- Safwat El-Sherif (born 1933), Egyptian politician
- Nawaz Sharif (born 1949), Pakistani politician and businessman
- Omar Sharif (1932–2015), Egyptian actor
See also
- Sharif (disambiguation)
- Sharif of Mecca, title of the former governors of Hejaz
- Sheriff (disambiguation)
- Şerif, Turkish name
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