Sharifah
Sharifah is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
We have limited data on this name. Treat the verdict as a lead, not a certainty.
- Verdict
- Female
- Confidence
- Low (source weight below 8; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- Arabic and Persian countries, United States
- US records 1880–2017
- 0 male / 145 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Sharifah
If you do not know Sharifah’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Sharifah,” in English, “Guten Tag Sharifah,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Sharifah,
German
Guten Tag Sharifah,
French
Bonjour Sharifah,
Spanish
Estimado/a Sharifah:
Chinese
Sharifah您好：
Japanese
Sharifah様
English
Hi Sharifah,
German
Hi Sharifah,
French
Salut Sharifah,
Spanish
Hola Sharifah,
Chinese
Sharifah你好：
Japanese
Sharifahさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic and Persian countries | rare | woman's name |
| United States | rare | woman's name |
United States birth data
0 male · 145 female · 145 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 0% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Sharifah a male or female name?
Sharifah is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Sharifah in an email?
If you do not know Sharifah’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Sharifah,” in English, “Guten Tag Sharifah,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Sharifah a unisex name?
Sharifah is classified as generally female in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Sharifah a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/sharifah. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_sharifah,
title = {Is Sharifah a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/sharifah},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}