Sherif

The word comes from Arabic sharif (Arabic: شريف‎) meaning "noble". It is etymologically unconnected to Sheriff. Notable people with the name include

Given name

• Sherif Abdel-Fadil (born 1983), Egyptian footballer

Surname

• Amro Sherif (born 1991), Egyptian basketball player
• Omar Sharif (born 1932), Egyptian actor
• Safwat El-Sherif (born 1933), Egyptian politician
• Muzafer Sherif (1906–1988), Turkish-American psychologist, one of the founders of social psychology, and co-developer of social judgment theory with Carl Hovland

See also

• Sharif (disambiguation)
• Sharif of Mecca, title of the former governors of Hejaz
• Sheriff (disambiguation)
• Şerif, Turkish name