Abdelatif
/ˌæb.dəˈlɑː.tɪf/noun
A masculine Arabic personal name, commonly written ʿAbd al-Laṭīf, meaning a servant or worshipper of the Subtle and Kind.
Did you know?ʿAbd al-Laṭīf combines ʿabd, “servant,” with al-Laṭīf, “the Subtle” or “the Kind,” one of the traditional 99 Names of God in Islam.
Etymological Timeline
Pre-Islamic Arabic
Arabic
ʿabd
“Servant, worshipper, or enslaved person”
Classical Arabic
Arabic
laṭīf
“Gentle, kind, subtle, refined, or gracious”
7th Century onward
Arabic
al-Laṭīf
““The Subtle” or “The Kind,” a divine epithet associated with God”
Medieval Arabic naming
Arabic
ʿAbd al-Laṭīf
“Servant of the Subtle/Kind One”
Modern English transliteration
English
Abdelatif
“A personal name represented in simplified Latin-script spellings”