Shariff
Shariff is classified as a male 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.
- Verdict
- Male
- Confidence
- Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States
- US records 1880–2017
- 572 male / 0 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Shariff
If you do not know Shariff’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Shariff,” in English, “Guten Tag Shariff,” 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 Shariff,
German
Guten Tag Shariff,
French
Bonjour Shariff,
Spanish
Estimado/a Shariff:
Chinese
Shariff您好：
Japanese
Shariff様
English
Hi Shariff,
German
Hi Shariff,
French
Salut Shariff,
Spanish
Hola Shariff,
Chinese
Shariff你好：
Japanese
Shariff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 |
|---|---|---|
| United States | uncommon | man's name |
United States birth data
572 male · 0 female · 572 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 100% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Shariff a male or female name?
Shariff is classified as a male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Shariff in an email?
If you do not know Shariff’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Shariff,” in English, “Guten Tag Shariff,” 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 Shariff a unisex name?
Shariff is classified as generally male 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 Shariff a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/shariff. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_shariff,
title = {Is Shariff a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/shariff},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}