Arif (given name)

Arif (Arabic: عارف also spelled Aref in Pashto, Persian & Urdu, or Arief in Indonesian and Malay) is an Arabic male given name that is common in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. It later spread to other Muslim countries, such as Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iran, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan and Turkey as well as among Muslims in India. In early Islam it can also refer to a man who has been taught customary law and entrusted with certain duties: distributing stipends to the warriors, collecting blood money, guarding the interest of orphans, and assisting in controlling of the markets.^[4]

Arif

Pronunciation	Arabic: [ʕaːrɪf]
Gender	Male
Language(s)	South Semitic,[1] Arabic[2]
Origin
Meaning	"kind, good, smart, knowledgeable and wise"[3]
Other names
Variant form(s)	Arif, Aref, Aarif, Aaref
See also	Arifa, Maarif

Given name

Aarif

• Aarif Barma (born 1959), Hong Kong judge
• Aarif Rahman (born 1987), Hong Kong actor
• Aarif Sheikh (born 1997), Nepalese cricketer

Aref

• Aref al-Aref (1892–1973), Palestinian journalist and politician
• Aref Arefkia (born 1940), Iranian pop singer
• Aref al-Dajani (1856-1930), Palestinian politician
• Aref Durvesh, Indian musician
• Aref Qazvini (1882-1934), Iranian poet

Arief

• Arief Budiman (1940-2020), Indonesian political activist
• Arief Hidayat (born 1956), Indonesian judge
• Arief Rachadiono Wismansyah (born 1977), Indonesian businessman, politician and mayor of Tangerang
• Arief Yahya (born 1961), Indonesian businessman, politician and government minister

Arif

• Arif Alaftargil (born 1973), Turkish alpine skier
• Arif Alikhan (born 1968), American public official
• Arif Alvi (born 1949), Pakistani politician
• Arif Aziz (born 1943), Azerbaijan artist and educator
• Arif Defri Arianto (born 2002), Indonesian singer
• Arif Dirlik (1940-2017), Turkish historian
• Arif Ekmekçi (1964–1993), Turkish naval special operations officer
• Arif Erdem (born 1972), Turkish footballer
• Arif Heralić (1922-1971), Bosnian metal worker
• Arif Karaoğlan (born 1986), Turkish-German footballer
• Arif Mardin (1932-2006), Turkish-American music producer
• Arif Mohammad Khan (born 1951), Indian politician and current governor of Kerala
• Arif Pašalić (1943-1998), Bosnian military officer
• Arif Sağ (born 1946), Turkish singer
• Arif Şentürk (1941-2022), Turkish singer
• Arif Bilal Shahid (born 1972), Ethiopian-American Actor/Comedian
• Arif Susam (born 1956), Turkish singer
• Benjamin Arif Dousa (born 1992), president of Sweden's Moderata ungdomsförbundet
• Arif Wazir (1982-2020), Pakistani politician and leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz movement
• Muhammad Arif Sufi, Muslim alias of Malaysian convicted murderer Micheal Anak Garing
• Arif Zahir (born 1994), American actor, rapper, singer, songwriter, and voice impressionist