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لَطِيفَة
Latifa
la-TEE-fah
“Gentle, kind, subtle.”
About Latifa
Latifa is a Muslim baby girl's name meaning "gentle, kind, subtle" — an Arabic name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
Feminine of Latif. From the root ل-ط-ف meaning 'gentleness, subtlety'. Al-Latif is one of the names of Allah.
Origin & roots
Origin
Arabic
Gender
Girl
Also spelled
Lateefa, Latifah
Root letters
In Arabic, root letters are the seed that gives a word its meaning. Every word built from them inherits that family of meaning — and Latifa is one such word.
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Latifa
- What does the name Latifa mean?
- Latifa (لَطِيفَة) means "Gentle, kind, subtle". Feminine of Latif. From the root ل-ط-ف meaning 'gentleness, subtlety'. Al-Latif is one of the names of Allah.
- Is Latifa a name from the Qur'an?
- Latifa does not appear directly in the Qur'an in our verified records, though it is an Arabic name long carried across the Muslim world. We only list a Qur'anic verse when it's verified against the Tanzil corpus.
- Is Latifa a boy or a girl name?
- Latifa is traditionally a girl's name.
- Where does the name Latifa come from?
- Latifa is an Arabic name, built on the root letters L-Ṭ-F.
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