Abdul Latif () 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 Names of God in Islam () are 99 names that each contain Attributes of God in Islam, which are implied by the respective names. These names usually denote his praise, gratitude, commendation, glorification, magnification, perfect attributes, ...

, which gave rise to the Muslim theophoric names. It means "servant of the All-gentle". The letter ''a'' of the ''al-'' is unstressed, and can be transliterated by almost any vowel, often by ''e''. So the first part can appear as Abdel, Abdul or Abd-al. The second part may appear as Latif, Lateef or in other ways. The whole name is subject to variable spacing and hyphenation. The surname is used by Muslims and also by Orthodox Christians in Lebanon. It may refer to:

People

Given name

Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi (medieval writer) ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-Baghdādī (; 1162, Baghdad – 1231, Baghdad), short for Muwaffaq al-Dīn Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Laṭīf ibn Yūsuf al-Baghdādī (), was a physician, philosopher, historian, Arabic grammarian and traveller, and one of the mo ...

(1162–1231), Iraqi physician, historian, Egyptologist and traveller *

Abd al-Latif ibn Muhammad Taraghay Ulughbek Abdal-Latif Mirza ( 1420 – 9 May 1450) was the great-grandson of Central Asian emperor Timur. He was the third son of Ulugh Beg, Timurid ruler of Transoxiana (modern Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and parts of Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kaza ...

(ca. 1420–1450), Timurid ruler of Transoxiana *

Ghabdellatif of Kazan Ghabdellatif ( Volga Türki and Persian: عبداللطیف; – after 1502) was the Khan of the Kazan Khanate from 1496 to 1502. Ghabdellatif was the youngest son of Ibrahim of Kazan and Nur Soltan. When Ghabdellatif's father died in 1479, h ...

(born ), khan of Kazan Khanate, 1496–1502 *Shah Abdul Latif Kazmi, known as

Bari Imam Peer Syed Abdul Latif Kazmi Qadri, often referred to as Barī Imām or Barī Sarkār (1617 – 1705), was a 17th-century Punjabi Muslim Sufi ascetic. He is venerated as the patron saint of Islamabad, Pakistan. Born in Karsal, Chakwal Dis ...

(1617–1705), Indian Sufi *

Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (; 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 poet from Pakistan, widely considered to be the ...

(1689–1752), Sindhi Sufi scholar, mystic, saint, poet, and musician *

Nawab Abdul Latif Nawab Bahadur Qazi Abdul Latif (1828 – 10 July 1893) was a Bengali Muslim aristocrat, educator and social worker. His title, ''Nawab'' was awarded by the British in 1880. He was one of the first Muslims in 19th-century India to embrace the id ...

(1828–1893), Bengali educator and social worker *

Sahibzada Abdul Latif Sayyad Abdul Latif (1853 – July 14, 1903) more commonly known as Sahibzada Abdul Latif among the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam, was the Royal Advisor to Abdur Rahman Khan and Habibullah Khan, the father and son kings of Afghanistan in the lat ...

(1853–1903), Afghan executed for heresy *Abdullah Abdul Latif Al Othman (1895–1965), Kuwaiti businessman * Abdul Latif Tibawi (1910–1981), Palestinian historian *Abdul Latif Chowdhury, known as Saheb Qibla Fultali (1913–2008), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar *

Abdel Latif Boghdadi (politician) Abdel Latif Baghdadi (; 20 September 1917 – 9 September 1999) was an Egyptian politician, senior air force officer, and judge. An original member of the Free Officers Movement which overthrew the monarchy in Egypt in the 1952 Revolution, Bo ...

(1917–1999), Egyptian politician, air force officer, and judge * Abdul Latif (musician) (1927–2005), Bangladeshi musician * Abdellatif Filali (1928–2009), Moroccan politician and diplomat *

Abdul Latif Dayfallah Abdul Latif Dayfallah (; 1928 – 27 March 2019) was a Yemeni military officer and politician who served as the Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic during the North Yemen Civil War. He joined the North Yemeni Army in the 1950s and recei ...

(born 1930), Yemeni politician * Abdel Latif El Zein (born 1932), Lebanese politician *

Abdul Latif Galadari Abdul Latif Galadari (1939 – 9 March 2002) was an Emirati businessman. He was the youngest son of Ibrahim Galadari. Abdul Latif, Along with his elder brother, Abdul Rahim, headed the Galadari Group, a business group. Personal life Abdul Lati ...

(born 1939), Emirati Businessman * Abdul Latif Hakimi, Afghan, Taliban spokesman *

Abdul Latif (cricketer) Mohammad Abdul Latif (born 10 November 1939, Kamptee, Maharashtra, India), also known as Mohammad Abdul Latif Khan and M.A. Latif, is a former first-class cricketer for East Pakistan first-class cricket teams, East Pakistan, retired senior offi ...

(born 1939), Pakistani cricketer, Bangladeshi cricket administrator *

Abdul Latief (Indonesian businessman) Abdul Latief (born April 27, 1940) is the prominent Indonesian businessman and politician. He was the founder of Pasaraya department store and television network Lativi, as well as the former Indonesian minister in the New Order era. Early li ...

(born 1940), businessman and politician *

Abdellatif Laabi Abdellatif Laâbi (; born 1942) is a Moroccan poet, journalist, novelist, playwright, translator and political activist. Laâbi, then teaching French, founded with other poets the artistic journal Souffles, an important literary review in 1966 ...

(born 1942), Moroccan poet *Abdul

Latif Afridi Abdul Lateef Afridi (Pashto, ; 14 November 1943 – 16 January 2023), also known as Lateef Lala (), was a Pakistani lawyer and politician who served in the National Assembly from 1997 until 1999 as a member of the Awami National Party. In Septe ...

(born 1943), Pakistani lawyer *

Abdul Latif Siddiqui Abdul Latif Siddiqui (born 18 December 1937) is a former Bangladesh Awami League politician. He is a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Tangail-4 constituency. He served as the Ministry of Textiles and Jute, Minister of Textiles and ...

(born 1943), Bangladeshi politician *

Abdul Latif Rashid Abdul Latif Rashid (; born 10 August 1944), also known as Letif Reshid (), is an Iraqi politician serving as the ninth president of Iraq. He was previously the Ministry of Water Resources (Iraq), Minister of Water Resources under the Government o ...

(born 1944), Iraqi politician; current

President of Iraq The President of the Republic of Iraq is the head of state of Iraq. Since the mid-2000s, the presidency is primarily a symbolic office, as the position does not possess significant power within the country according to the Constitution of Iraq, ...

Abdul Latif Sharif Abdul Latif Sharif, first name also spelled Abdel (September 19, 1947 – June 2, 2006), was an Egyptian-born Mexican chemist and chief suspect in the Juárez killings, a decade-long murder spree that began in the Mexican city of Ciudad Ju ...

(1947–2006), Egyptian-American convicted of rape and murder *

Abdul-Latif Ali al-Mayah Abdul-Latif Ali al-Mayah (1949 or 1950 – January 19, 2004) was a humanities professor born in Basra, who became chairman of the Arab World Research and Studies Centre at Mustansiriya University and head of the Baghdad Centre for Human Rights. He w ...

(ca. 1949–2004), Iraqi academic and politician *Ǧamīl ʿAbdu 'l-Laṭīf al-Bannāʾ, or just

Jamil al-Banna Jamil Abdul Latif el-Banna (, Ǧamīl ʿAbdu 'l-Laṭīf al-Bannāʾ), born 28 May 1962, is a Jordanian of Palestinian origin, with refugee status in the United Kingdom, who had been living in north-west London. He was abducted in November 20 ...

(born 1952), Jordanian arrested in Gambia, now a refugee in Britain *Jamaal Abdul-Lateef (born 1953), American basketball player better known as

Jamaal Wilkes Jamaal Abdul-Lateef (born Jackson Keith Wilkes; May 2, 1953), better known as Jamaal Wilkes, is an American former basketball player who was a small forward in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A three-time NBA All-Star, he won four NBA ...

Abdul Latif (restaurateur) Abdul Latif, FRSA (; 15 December 1954 – 20 January 2008) was a Bangladeshi-born British restaurateur and curry chef in Newcastle upon-Tyne who became famous nationwide because of his regular appearances in '' Viz'' magazine. He was well know ...

(1954–2008), Bangladeshi-British curry house owner *

Abdellatif Abdelhamid Abdellatif Abdelhamid (, 5 January 1954 – 15 May 2024) was a Syrian film director. His films have earned numerous awards, beginning with the Damascus International Film Festival, the Carthage Film Festival, and Rabat International Film Festi ...

(born 1954), Syrian film director *

Abdüllatif Şener Abdüllatif Şener (born 1954) is a Turkish politician. He was Minister of Finance of Turkey from 1996 to 1997 and Deputy Prime Minister from 2002 to 2007, under Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Life and career Şener was born in Gürün, ...

(born 1954), Turkish politician *

Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani Abdul Latif () 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 the Muslim theophoric names. It means "servant of ...

(born 1955), fifth Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary General *

Abdou Latif Guèye Abdou Latif Guèye (March 4, 1956 – April 6, 2008" ...

(1956–2008), Senegalese politician *

Abdellatif Kechiche Abdellatif Kechiche (; , born 7 December 1960), also known as Abdel Kechiche, is a Tunisian-France, French film director, screenwriter and actor. He made his directorial debut in 2000 with ''La Faute à Voltaire'', which he also wrote. Known for ...

(born 1960), Tunisian actor and film director *

Abdul Latif Pedram Abdul Latīf Pedrām (; born 29 July 1963) is a politician and a Member of Parliament in Afghanistan. He emerged as a controversial figure in the press and political circles for campaigning for women's personal rights, a taboo subject in Afghanis ...

(born 1963), Afghan politician * Abdul Latif Nasir (born 1965), Moroccan held in Guantanamo *

Abdulatif Al-Ameeri Abdulatif AlـAmeeri is a member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly, representing the second district. Born in 1966, Al-Ameeri studied sharia law at Kuwait University and worked as a lawyer before being elected to the National Assembly in 2008. ...

(born 1966), Kuwaiti politician *Yahya Abd-al-Latif Ayyash, known as

Yahya Ayyash Yahya Abd-al-Latif Ayyash (, ; 6 March 1966 – 5 January 1996) was the chief bombmaker of Hamas and the leader of the West Bank battalion of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. In that capacity, he earned the nickname "the Engineer" (). Ayyash ...

(1966–1996), Palestinian Hamas fighter *

Abdelatif Benazzi Abdelatif Benazzi (; born 20 August 1968) is a French- Moroccan rugby union player who represented both Morocco and France.Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Complete Book of Rugby'' (Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 ) p. 71 He played as a lock or back row forward. ...

(born 1968), Moroccan-French Rugby footballer *

Abdellatif Jrindou Abdellatif Jrindou (Arabic: عبد اللطيف جريندو) (born 1 October 1974) is a retired Morocco, Moroccan Association football, football Defender (football), Defender. In his career, Jrindou played for Olympique Casablanca in Morocco, A ...

(born 1974), Moroccan footballer *

Walid Salah Abdel Latif Walid Salah Abdel Latif (born 11 November 1977) is a retired Egyptian football player and a Zamalek international forward. Career statistics International goals Honours ;Zamalek: *Egyptian Premier League: 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–0 ...

(born 1977), Egyptian footballer * Abdelatif Chemlal (born 1982), Moroccan runner *

Abdellatif Meftah Abdellatif Meftah (born 3 January 1982 in Bouchane, Morocco) is a French long-distance runner. He ran for Morocco at the Pan Arab Games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation. Transferring his nationality, Meftah represen ...

(born 1982), Moroccan-French runner *

Abdellatif Boutaty Abdellatif Boutaty (born 4 June 1983) is a former Moroccan rugby union footballer. He played as a lock. He was nicknamed "The Tiger of Atlas" (''Le Tigre de l'Atlas''). Club career Boutaty played for the Moroccan amateur team of COC, in Casablan ...

(born 1983), Moroccan Rugby footballer * Abdel Latif Ahmed (born 1983), Egyptian volleyball player *

Abdelatif Bahdari Abdelatif Bahdari (; born 20 February 1984) is a Palestinian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Markaz Balata. From 2007 to 2021, he earned 79 caps for Palestine national football team. Club career Al-Wehdat Bahdari began hi ...

(born 1984), Palestinian footballer * Abdulatif Al-Ghanam (born 1985), Saudi footballer * Ismaeel Abdullatif (born 1986), Bahraini footballer *Abdul- Latif Salifu (born 1990), Ghanaian footballer *Faysal Abd al-Latif al-Shaabi, or just

Faysal al-Shaabi Faysal Abd al-Latif al-Shaabi (; 1935 – 2 April 1970) was briefly the Prime Minister of the People's Republic of South Yemen, from 6 April 1969 until the political coup (Corrective Move) that led to Salim Ali Rubai's ascendance to power on 22 ...

(died 1971), South Yemen politician * Abdul Lateef (Fijian lawyer) (died 2008), lawyer and politician *

Abdel Latif Moussa Abdel Latif Moussa, (Arabic: عبد اللطيف موسى) also known as Abu Noor al-Maqdisi (Arabic: أبو نور المقدسي), (born 1959 – 15 August 2009) was a Palestinian militant and leader of the Salafist Jihadist group Jund Ansa ...

(died 2009), Palestinian religious and political activist *Abdul Latif Ahmadi, Afghan film director * Ahmed Abd Ellatif * Wael Abdul Latif, Iraqi politician * M.Abdul Lathief, Indian politician in Tamil Nadu *

Abdul Latiff Ahmad Abdul Latiff bin Ahmad ( Jawi: عبداللطيف بن أحمد ; born 9 July 1958) is a Malaysian politician who served as Minister in the Prime Minister's Department for Special Functions from 2021 to 2022. He was the Member of Parliament ( ...

, Malaysian politician *

Abdul Latif Ibrahimi Abdul Latif Ibrahimi (17 October 1958 – 9 June 2021) was a Governor of the Afghan Provinces of Kunduz, Samangan, Faryab and Takhar. Biography Abdul Latif Ibrahimi was member of the Ibrahims Clan, a predominant family in the Imam Sahib distric ...

, Afghan politician *

Abdul Latif (criminal) Abdul Latif Khan (24 October 1951 – 29 November 1997) was an underworld don and terrorist from the Gujarat state of India. He was also an associate of Dawood Ibrahim. He was based in Ahmedabad and was politically well connected. He used to ...

, Indian underworld figure *

Abdul Latif (Pakistani politician) Abdul Latif () is a Pakistani politician and member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024. Political career Latif ran for the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from NA-32 Chitral i ...

, Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from

Chitral Chitral () is a city situated on the Kunar River, Chitral River in northern area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It serves as the capital of the Lower Chitral District, and was previously the capital of Chitral District, and before ...

(2024–2029) * Abdul Latif (Bangladeshi politician) (died 2001) * Sheikh Abdul Latif, Indian footballer *

(1951–1997), Indian underworld don *

Abdul Latif (Indian politician) Abdul Latif (born 1912 – died 1991) was an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress. He was Member of the Parliament of India, representing Tripura in the Rajya Sabha Rajya Sabha (Council of States) is the upper house of th ...

(1912–1991)

Other

*Jumah Mohammed Abdul Latif Al Dossari, or just Juma al-Dossary, Bahraini held in Guantanamo *

Leila Abdul-Latif Leila Abdul Latif is an Iraqi politician who was the Minister of Labour in the Iraqi Interim Government from June 2004 to May 2005. A Shiite Arab from the Banu Tamim tribe, she is a member of the Iraqi National Accord led by Interim Prime Minister, ...

, Iraqi politician *

Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif Mohd Zakry bin Abdul Latif (born 2 April 1983) is a former Malaysian badminton player. Career 2007 Mohd Zakry played at the 2007 BWF World Championships in men's doubles with Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari. They were seeded #7 and were defeat ...

, Malaysian badminton player * Osama Abdul Latif, Sudanese businessman *Siti Fauziah Sheikh Abdul Latiff, or just

Fauziah Latiff Siti Fauziah Sheikh Abdul Latiff, better known as Fauziah Latiff, is a Malaysian singer and actress. One of Latiff's first public performance was at a charity concert at Stadium Merdeka in 1987. Talent scouts from Happy Records spotted her and ...

(born 1970), Malaysian singer and actress

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