Charif (Arabic: شريف) is both a surname and a given name and can be spelled either "Charif" or "Sharif". Notable people with the name include:
Gustavo Charif (born 1966), Argentine artist Maher Charif, Palestinian Marxist historian Moeen Charif (born 1972), Lebanese singer Omar Sharif (1932–2015), Egyptian-American Hollywood actor Charif Souki (born 1953), Egyptian-born American businessman Charif Megarbane (born 1984), Lebanese musician