Şerif, also spelt Ŝerif 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

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