Latif
/ləˈtiːf/noun
An Arabic masculine given name meaning gentle, kind, subtle, or gracious.
Did you know?Al-Laṭīf, meaning “The Subtle” or “The Gentle,” is one of the traditional 99 Names of God in Islam and appears in the Qur’an.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
Proto-Semitic
*laṭap
“To be gentle, delicate, or subtle; the precise ancestral reconstruction is debated.”
Classical Arabic
Arabic
laṭīf (لطيف)
“Gentle, kind, refined, delicate, or subtle.”
Qur’anic Arabic
Arabic
al-Laṭīf (اللَّطِيف)
““The Subtle” or “The Gentle,” a divine epithet emphasizing hidden knowledge and benevolent subtlety.”
Medieval Persian and Urdu
Persian/Urdu
Latif / Lateef
“A masculine personal name adopted through Islamic literary and religious culture.”
Modern English
English
Latif
“An established transliteration and personal name of Arabic origin.”