Şerif, also spelt Šerif in the Balkans, is a Turkish masculine given name, based on the Arabic name Sharif. Notable people with the name include:
Given name Šerif Berbić (born 2001), Swiss footballer Şerif Bey Khimshiashvili (died 1892), Georgian nobleman in Ottoman and later Russian service Şerif Erol (born 1963), Turkish actor and screenwriter Şerif Gören (1944–2024), Turkish film director Šerif Hasić (born 1988), Bosnian footballer Şerif İlden (1877–1952), Turkish politician, army officer and diplomat Šerif Konjević (born 1958), Bosnian folk singer Şerif Mardin (1927–2017), Turkish social scientist Şerif Pasha (1865–1951), Kurdish nationalist Şerif Sezer (born 1946), Turkish actress Şerif Muhiddin Targan (1892–1967), Turkish musician Şerif Turgut, Turkish journalist and first female war correspondent Şerif Yaçağaz (1876–1938), Turkish bureaucrat, army officer and antisemitic politician Şerif Yenen (born 1963), Turkish traveloguer
Middle name Ekrem Şerif Uçak (1934–2012), Turkish actor Halil Şerif Pasha (1831–1879), Ottoman-Egyptian diplomat and art collector Mehmet Şerif Fırat (died 1949), Kurdish author Mehmet Şerif Pasha (1771–1851), Ottoman statesman and bureaucrat Muzaffer Şerif Başoğlu (1906–1988), Turkish-American psychologist
Surname Aşık Mahzuni Şerif (1939–2002), Turkish folk musician
See also Sherif, given name and surname