Latifa or Lateefa is a feminine Arabic (لٓطِيفٓة) given name which means "gentle"
or "pleasant". It corresponds to the masculine
Latif
Al-Latif (''Al-Laṭīf'' , also anglicized as ''Al-Lateef'') is one of the names of God in Islam, meaning "kind". Latif can also be a masculine given name, as short form of Abdul Latif, meaning "servant of the Gentle". Its feminine form is Latifa. ...
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Notable persons
Lateefa
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Lateefa Al Gaood Lateefa Al Gaood ( Arabic: لطيفه القعود) is a Bahraini politician.
In 2006, she became the first female candidate to be elected to the Council of Representatives of Bahrain. She won by default after the other two candidates in her cons ...
, Bahraini politician
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Lateefah Simon
Lateefah Simon (born January 29, 1977 in San Francisco) currently serves as President of Meadow Fund. Previously President oAkonadi Foundationand an advocate for civil rights, racial justice, and juvenile justice. In 2003, she became the youngest ...
, American activist
Latifa
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Latifa (singer)
Latifa Bint Alaya El Arfaoui ( ar, لطيفة بنت عليه العرفاوي pronunciation: ; born February 14, 1961), better known as Latifa ( ar, لطيفة), is a Tunisian pop singer and former actress who resides in Egypt. She is kn ...
, or Latifa Arfaoui, Tunisian pop music singer
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Princess Fawzia-Latifa of Egypt
Princess Fawzia-Latifa (فوزية لطيفة; born 12 February 1982) is the daughter of Fuad II (last King of Egypt) by his wife, Fadila (born Dominique-France Loeb-Picard).
Early life
Fawzia-Latifa was born on 9 February 1982 in Monte Car ...
, Egyptian princess
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Latifa Baka
Latifa Baka (born 1964), is a Moroccan author of novels and short stories
A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the inte ...
, Moroccan author
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Latifa Elouadrhiri
Latifa Elouadrhiri is a Moroccan experimental physicist and researcher at Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility studying elementary particle physics and nuclear physics.
She has worked significantly with the CLAS collaboration in Jeff ...
, Moroccan physicist
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Lalla Latifa Hammou
Princess Lalla Latifa Amahzoune (; ar, لالة لطيفة أمحزون – born in 1941 a member of the Zayane tribe ( khouribga, Morocco), She is the widow of King Hassan II and the mother of Princess Lalla Meryem, King Mohammed VI, Prin ...
, widow of king Hassan II
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Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum
Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum ( ar, لطيفة بنت محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم, translit=Laṭīfa bint Muḥammad bin Rāshid al-Maktūm; born 5 December 1985) is an Emirati sheikha and a member of the Dub ...
, UAE princess
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Latifa Ben Mansour Latifa Ben Mansour ( ar, لطيفة بن منصور) (born 1950 in Tlemcen) is an Algerian writer, psychoanalyst, and linguist. Her work deals with issues such as the role of women in Algerian society, Islamic extremism, storytelling, trauma, and me ...
, Algerian writer and linguist
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Latifa bint Abdulaziz Al Saud
Latifa bint Abdulaziz Al Saud was a member of the House of Saud. Her mother was Hassa bint Ahmed Al Sudairi, a member of the Al Sudairi family that is one of the most powerful families in Nejd. Her father was King Abdulaziz. She was one of their ...
, Saudi royal
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Latifa bint Fahd Al Saud
Latifa bint Fahd Al Saud (1959 – December 2013) was a member of the Saudi royal family, House of Saud. She was one of King Fahd's children.
Biography
Princess Latifa was the eldest daughter of King Fahd and Al Anoud bint Abdulaziz bin Musaed ...
, Saudi royal
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Latifa al-Zayyat
Latifa al-Zayyat ( ar, لطيفة الزيات) (8 August 1923 – 10 September 1996) was an Egyptian activist and writer, most famous for her novel ''The Open Door'', which won the inaugural Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature.
Biography
Al Zay ...
, Egyptian activist and writer
Latifah
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Queen Latifah
Dana Elaine Owens (born March 18, 1970), known professionally as Queen Latifah, is an American rapper, actress, and singer. Born in Newark, New Jersey, she signed with Tommy Boy Records in 1989 and released her debut album ''All Hail the Que ...
, American rapper, singer, and actress
See also
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Latife, the Turkish form of the name
References
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Arabic feminine given names
Bosnian feminine given names