Arif is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning “knowing.” In 2024 it was given to 15 boys in the United States.
Arif belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “knowing” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Arif first appears in Social Security records in 1968. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #2711 in 1976, and in 2024 15 babies received the name — 704 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Arif means “knowing” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Arif is a boy name. In 2024, 15 babies received the name in the US.
Arif comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Arif first appears in US records in 1968. Its best-ever ranking was #2711 in 1976, and 15 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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