sharafli

Sharafli is a surname of Azerbaijani origin. It is found among ethnic Azerbaijanis in Azerbaijan and in diaspora communities, including Turkey and Iran. The name is typically transmitted patrilineally and appears in Latin-script records as Sharafli, with variations arising from transliteration.

Etymology: The surname traces to the Arabic word sharaf, meaning honor or nobility, combined with the Turkic suffix -li, meaning possessing or from. Thus Sharafli can be interpreted as “one who possesses honor” or “noble.”

Usage and variants: In Azerbaijani orthography, the name may appear with diacritics in local contexts, while in Latin-script usage it is commonly written as Sharafli. Variants reflecting different transliteration schemes include Sharafli, Sharaflı, and Sharafly, depending on language and script conventions. The name is most common in Azerbaijan and among the Azerbaijani diaspora.