- Meaning
- Gentle, kind
- Arabic
- لطيف
- Say it
- la-TEEF
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- In the Quran
- Not in the Quran
About the meaning
Al-Latif, the Subtle and Kind, is a name of God; a person is called Latif without al-.
Other spellings
Lateef
Names from the same root (ل ط ف)
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Questions about Latif
What does Latif mean?
Latif means: Gentle, kind. Al-Latif, the Subtle and Kind, is a name of God; a person is called Latif without al-.
Is Latif in the Quran?
No. But a name does not need to be in the Quran to be a good Muslim name: what matters is that its meaning is good.
Is Latif a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Latif is a boy’s name.
How do you write Latif in Arabic?
In Arabic script, Latif is written لطيف.