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 activis ...

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

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;Given name *

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 Mo ...

, Pakistani lawyer *

Shah Abdul Latif Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai ( sd, شاھ عبداللطيف ڀٽائي, ur, ; 1689/1690 – 21 December 1752), commonly known by the honorifics ''Lakhino Latif'', ''Latif Ghot'', ''Bhittai'', and ''Bhit Jo Shah'', was a Sindhi Sufi mystic, and ...

, Sindhi poet *

Latif Ahmadi 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 * Latif Halmat, or Letîf Helmet, Kurdish-Iraqi poet *

Latif Kapadia Latif Kapadia ( ur, لطيف کپاڈیا) (27 March 1934 – 29 March 2002) was a Pakistani stage and television actor. Career Born on 27 March 1934 in Nashik, a city in the Maharashtra state of British India of Gujarati descent.

, Pakistani stage and television actor * Latif Karimov, Azerbaijani carpet designer * Latif Khosa, politician, Governor of Punjab * Latif Nangarhari, Afghan singer * Latif Rahman, 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 Abdul-Latif Salifu (born 8 January 1990 in umasi is a Ghanaian football player currently playing for Ghana Telecom Premier League side Liberty Professionals F.C. Career Salifu is one of the biggest talents from Liberty Professionals F.C., h ...

, Ghanaian football player *

Latif Yahia Latif Yahia ( ar, لطيف يحيى, ''Laṭīf Yaḥīa''; born 14 June 1964) is an Iraqi human rights activist, blogger and former lieutenant in the Iran–Iraq War. He is known for being the alleged former body double of Uday Hussein. Biog ...

, 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, 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. Education ...

, a blind British entrepreneur, actor, director *

Idris Hasan Latif Air Chief Marshal Idris Hasan Latif, PVSM (9 June 1923 – 30 April 2018) was a former air officer in the Indian Air Force. He served as the 10th Chief of Air Staff (CAS) of the Indian Air Force (IAF) from 1978 to 1981. After retiring from the ...

, former Chief of Air Staff of the Indian Air Force *

Khalid Latif (cricketer) Khalid Latif ( ur, ; born 4 November 1985) is a Pakistani former cricketer who has been banned for five years, for his involvement in spot-fixing. A right-handed opening batsman, Latif captained Pakistan in the 2004 U-19 Cricket World Cup w ...

, 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 that ...

, 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 comm ...

, 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 Shaheed Lateef (11 June 1913 – 16 April 1967) was Hindi film director, writer, and producer. He was the maker of films like ''Ziddi'' (1948) which launched Dev Anand's career and '' Arzoo'' (1950) starring Dilip Kumar and Kamini Kaushal. Early ...

, Hindi film director, writer and producer. *

Shazad Latif Shazad Latif (born Iqbal Amin; 8 July 1988) is a British actor, who starred as Tariq Masood in the BBC TV series '' Spooks'', Clem Fandango on '' Toast of London'', and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in ''Penny Dreadful''. In 2017, he was cast as Chi ...

, a British television actor

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