Al-Latif (''Al-Laṭīf'' , also anglicized as ''Al-Lateef'') is one of the

names of God in Islam Names of God in Islam ( ar, أَسْمَاءُ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ , "''Allah's Beautiful Names''") are names attributed to God in Islam by Muslims. While some names are only in the Quran, and others are only in the hadith, th ...

, meaning "kind". Latif can also be a masculine given name, as short form of

Abdul Latif Abdul Latif ( ar, عبد اللطيف, translit=ʻAbd al-Laṭīf) is a Muslim male given name and, in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Laṭīf'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which gave rise to ...

, meaning "servant of the Gentle". Its feminine form is

Latifa Latifa or Lateefa is a feminine Arabic (لٓطِيفٓة) given name which means "gentle" or "pleasant". It corresponds to the masculine Latif. Notable persons Lateefa * Lateefa Al Gaood, Bahraini politician * Lateefah Simon, American activist ...

. "Al-Latif" also means "The Subtle".

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Latif (singer/songwriter) Corey Latif Williams, better known as Latif, is an American R&B singer and Grammy nominated songwriter.Latif (video game player) Abdullatif Alhmili, better known as Latif, is a Saudi Arabian electronic sports player. Primarily a ''Guilty Gear'' and ''King of Fighters'' player, Latif competed in the ''Street Fighter IV'' tournament at EVO 2011, coming out of nowhere to cla ...

, full name Abdullatif Alhmili (born 1990), Saudi-American fighting games player *

Latif Afridi Abdul Latif Afridi (Pashto/ ur, ), also known as Latif Lala (), is a lawyer and Pashtun nationalist politician who was formerly the president of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan. He is a senior leader of the National Democratic Mov ...

, Pakistani lawyer * Shah Abdul Latif, Sindhi poet * Latif Ahmadi, Afghan film director *

Latif Halmat Latif Halmat ( ku, Letîf Helmet ,لەتیف ھەڵمەت; born 1947) is a Kurdish poet. He was born in town of Kifri, Iraq and began writing poems in 1963. He worked as a journalist during the 1970s and 1980s. He has published 20 poetry books in Ku ...

, or Letîf Helmet, Kurdish-Iraqi poet * Latif Kapadia, Pakistani stage and television actor * Latif Karimov, Azerbaijani carpet designer * Latif Khosa, politician, Governor of Punjab *

Latif Nangarhari Latif Nangarhari (Pashto_language_(although_has_one_Afghan_singer._He_sings_in_the_Pashto_language">Pashto_language_(although_has_one_Dari_language">Dari_(Persian)_song)._He_is_an_ethnic_Pashtuns.html" "title="Dari_language.html" "title="Pashto_ ...

, Afghan singer *

Latif Rahman Latif Rahman is a Singaporean football midfielder who played for Singapore in the 1984 Asian Cup The 1984 AFC Asian Cup was the 8th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian F ...

, Singaporean football *

Latif Rashid Abdul Latif Rashid (; born 10 August 1944), also known as Latif Rashid () is an Iraqi Kurdish politician and the ninth president of Iraq, following the 2022 Iraqi presidential election. He was previously the Minister of Water Resources under th ...

, Iraqi politician and minister *

Latif Safarov Latif Bashir oglu Safarov ( az, Lətif Səfərov) (30 September 1920, Shusha – 9 December 1963, Baku) was an Azerbaijani actor and movie director. Safarov began his career in acting at a very young age. He starred in a number of children's movi ...

, Azerbaijani actor and movie director. * Latif Salifu, Ghanaian football player * Latif Yahia, Iraqi author and former body double ;Family name *

Aamir Latif Mohammad Aamir Latif was the former governor of Faryab Province, Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads ...

, a former governor in Afghanistan *

Ahmed Latif Abdul Latif Ahmadi is an Afghan film director, also known as Engineer Latif Ahmadi. He co-founded Afghanistan’s first private film production company Ariana Films (with Toryalai Shafaq and Juwansher Haidary), and became the president of Afghan ...

, Afghan film director *

Amar Latif Amar Latif (born December 1974) is a Scottish entrepreneur, television personality and professional traveller. His blindness is due to the incurable eye condition retinitis pigmentosa. By his late teens he had 95 per cent sight loss. Educatio ...

, a blind British entrepreneur, actor, director * Idris Hasan Latif, former Chief of Air Staff of the Indian Air Force * Khalid Latif (cricketer), Pakistani cricketer *

Khalid Latif (imam) Khalid Latif is the Executive Director and Chaplain (Imam) for the Islamic Center at New York University (NYU). In 2005, Latif was appointed the first Muslim chaplain at NYU. In 2006, Latif was appointed the first Muslim chaplain at Princeton U ...

, Chaplain (Imam) for the Islamic Center at New York University * Mohamed Latif, Egyptian football player *

Mojib Latif Mojib Latif (born 29 September 1954) is a German meteorologist and oceanographer of Pakistani descent. Latif graduated with a Diplom in meteorology in 1983. He took a position as scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in 1985. ...

, German-Pakistani meteorologist and oceanographer *

Muhammed Latif Muhammed Latif ( ar, محمد لطيف ) is an Iraqi major general, and former member of the Baath Party. The city of Fallujah was handed over to Muhammed Latif, replacing the earlier U.S. choice, Jasim Mohammed Saleh, when it was discovered tha ...

, Iraqi major general and politician *

Muid Latif Abdul Muid bin Abdul Latif (24 February 1979 – 11 April 2020) was a Malaysian-based web designer, graphic designer and digital artist who is known for promoting the cultural elements of the Southeast Asia from Batik and Songket into his com ...

, Malaysian web designer and digital artist * Naved Latif, a Pakistani cricketer * Nazir Latif, Pakistan Air Force officer * Rashid Latif, Pakistani cricket player *

Rizwan Latif Rizwan Latif Ahmed (born October 5, 1973), also known as Rizwan Ahmed, is a Pakistani-born cricketer who played for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team. He was born in Karachi and made his debut in One Day Internationals against the In ...

, Pakistani-UAE cricket player * Shaheed Latif, Hindi film director, writer and producer. * Shazad Latif, a British television actor

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