Sharif (also spelled Sherif) is an Arabic word () meaning "noble", "highborn", or "honourable", traditionally used as a title for the descendants of the family of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Sharif may also refer to:
Name
Sherif or Sharif, a proper name (including a list of people with this name)
People Sharif (surname) Sharif Finch (born 1995), American football player Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi co-founder and chairman of Arab Media Watch Sharif family, a Pakistani political family based in Punjab
Villages in Iran Sharif, Ilam Sharif, Khuzestan
Other uses Sharif of Mecca Sharif University of Technology in Iran
See also Shareef (disambiguation) Mazar-i-Sharif Sharifabad (disambiguation) Sharifate of Mecca Sharifian (disambiguation) Sharifism, term used for the rising prominence of the in early modern Morocco