In all the world, الیف (Elif 
, الیف) is a common principally girly, but scarcely boy's given name. The forename الیف is habitual in Turkey, where it is quite a common female name, Georgia, where it is quite a rare predominantly girly, but very infrequently boy's name, and Albania, where it is quite a rare female name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Turkey, Germany, and France. Very seldom, الیف is the last name as well as the forename.