Muslim Name · Female · Arabic origin
Sharifa Name Meaning in Islam
Noble, honorable, feminine of Sharif.
- Meaning
- Noble, honorable, feminine of Sharif. 'We have honored
- Origin
- Arabic
- Gender
- Girl
- Urdu
- شریفہ
- Pronunciation
- sha-RI-fa
- Lucky number
- 1
Is Sharifa an Islamic name? Yes. Sharifa is an established name in Muslim use, Arabic in origin. Its settled meaning is: Noble, honorable, feminine of Sharif. 'We have honored. Islamic tradition asks that a name carry a good meaning and claim nothing that belongs to God alone, and this name meets both.
Read the letter-by-letter reading ↓Section 1 · Arabic Root
Where the Name Comes From
ش-ر-ف, from sh-r-f, to be noble. Sharīfa is the noble woman; same root as ashraf (most noble), the title given to descendants of the Prophet ﷺ (al-ashrāf).
Section 2 · Ilm ul Huroof
Read Letter by Letter
Shin radiant light, Ra mercy, Ya reaching, Fa opening, Ta completion.
Section 3 · Synthesis
What This Reading Says About You
Sharifa joins fire to earth, the will that decides with the patience that lasts. This is a name that asks its bearer to burn steadily rather than in bursts, and to plant what the fire has cleared. Running through the reading is Al-Shakur, the Appreciative, carried as a way of noticing and honouring small kindnesses, and beside it Al-Tawwab, the Relenting, adding the readiness to return and be returned to. A person named Sharifa is the kind of person a village grows around.
Section 4 · What Families Say
What People Usually Mean by This Name
Noble, honorable, feminine of Sharif. 'We have honored the children of Adam' (17:70). Top Arab girls name. The quality of Sharifa: nobility of character, not of birth.
Section 5 · Bearers
Who Has Carried This Name
How to Pronounce Sharifa
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Variants of this name
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Names sharing the ش Sheen influence
Like Sharifa, these names carry Sheen (ش) as their leading letter influence.
Frequently Asked Questions
About the name Sharifa
What does the name Sharifa mean?
Behind the meaning sits each letter, each with a quality of its own. What does Ilm ul Huroof reveal about Sharifa? → What does Ilm ul Huroof reveal about names like Sharifa? →
Is Sharifa mentioned in the Quran?
For Sharifa and many others, the Quran is the deepest source of the letters and the meaning. Browse all Quranic names in our collection →
What does Sharifa mean in Urdu?
The Urdu tradition preserved the meaning of each Arabic letter, the same letters that build Sharifa. How do Arabic letters travel into Urdu names? →
Is Sharifa a good Islamic name?
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Is Sharifa a girl or boy name?
What is the spiritual meaning of Sharifa in Ilm ul Huroof?
This is Ilm ul Huroof, the classical Islamic science of letters in the line of Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi. Every Arabic letter under Sharifa is an ontological principle, not just a sound. Read the full introduction to Ilm ul Huroof →
What names go perfectly with Sharifa as a sibling name?
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Is Sharifa a rare or common Muslim name?
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