Malay Names · Boy
Latif name meaning
“gentle, kind”
- Letters
- 5
- Syllables
- 2●●
- First letter
- L
- Origin
- Arabic
- Category
- Malay Names
- Gender
- ♂ Boy
- Arabic scriptلطيف
24
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Latif
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Latif is a boy's name from Arabic meaning 'gentle' or 'kind'.
What does Latif mean?
About the name Latif
Latif comes from the Arabic word laṭīf, meaning gentle or kind. Al-Laṭīf is also one of the 99 names of Allah in Islamic tradition, and Latif often appears in compounds such as Abdul Latif. In Malaysia the spellings Latiff and Latief are also used. The feminine form is Latifah.
| Gender | ♂ Boy |
|---|---|
| Origin | Arabic |
| Root | ل ط ف · l-ṭ-f |
| Syllables | La-tif |
| Other spellings | Latiff |
| First letter | Malay Names starting with L |
| Arabic script | لطيف |
|---|
Sources
- Behind the Name: Latif · behindthename.com · meaning
- Wiktionary: Latif · en.wiktionary.org · origin
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