The baby name Sharafaddin is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced shah-RAF-ud-DEEN (Arabic: Sharaf ad-Dīn, IPA: /ʃaːraf adˈdiːn/).
The baby name Sharafaddin is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced shah-RAF-ud-DEEN (Arabic: Sharaf ad-Dīn, IPA: /ʃaːraf adˈdiːn/).
Sharafaddin is Arabic, Islamic in Origin.
Sharafaddin is a compound Arabic name (Sharaf ad-Dīn/Sharaf al-Dīn), from sharaf “honor, nobility” + al-dīn “the faith/religion.” Because d is a sun letter, al- becomes ad- in pronunciation, yielding the meaning “honor of the faith” or “nobility of religion.” The name belongs to the medieval honorific style of devotional names in the Islamic world, paralleling forms like Nuraddin and Salahaddin.
It has deep scholarly and courtly usage, borne by figures such as the polymath Sharaf al-Dīn al-Tūsī and the Timurid historian Sharaf ad-Dīn ‘Alī Yazdī. Regional variants include Sharafuddin/Sharaf Uddin/Sharafuddeen, Sharafeddin/Sherafeddin, Persian Sharaf-od-Din, Turkish Şerafeddin/Şerafettin, Kurdish Şerafedîn/Şerefedîn, and Central Asian Sharofiddin. Short forms like Sharaf or Şeref appear in casual use. The name remains familiar from the Middle East to South and Central Asia.
Sharafaddin is about as rare as a name gets. In all, it appears just 10 times, across 8 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM | Boys | 0 | #36 | 1 | 614 |
| AF | Boys | 0 | #274 | 1 | 3,535 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #466 | 1 | 10,523 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #565 | 1 | 10,162 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #697 | 1 | 13,071 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #1,001 | 1 | 16,906 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,014 | 1 | 25,931 |
| TR | 0 | #1,252 | 3 | 19,440 |
Sharafaddin is popular in 8 countries — most recent births per country:
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