Muslim Name · Female · Arabic origin
Latifa Name Meaning in Islam
Gentle, kind, top Arab girls name.
- Meaning
- Gentle, kind, top Arab girls name
- Origin
- Arabic
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- ل-ط-ف
- Urdu
- لطیفہ
- Pronunciation
- la-TI-fa
- Lucky number
- 8
Is Latifa an Islamic name? Yes. Latifa is an established name in Muslim use, Arabic in origin. Its settled meaning is: Gentle, kind, top Arab girls name. It was carried by Latifa. Islamic tradition asks that a name carry a good meaning and claim nothing that belongs to God alone, and this name meets both.
Read the letter-by-letter reading ↓Section 1 · Arabic Root
Where the Name Comes From
ل-ط-ف. Feminine of Laṭīf, gentle, kind, subtle. Same root l-ṭ-f.
Section 2 · Ilm ul Huroof
Read Letter by Letter
Section 3 · Synthesis
What This Reading Says About You
Latifa joins fire to earth, the will that decides with the patience that lasts. This is a name that asks its bearer to burn steadily rather than in bursts, and to plant what the fire has cleared. Running through the reading is Al-Latif, the Gracious, carried as an unshowy kindness that reaches the tender parts, and beside it Al-Tawwab, the Relenting, adding the readiness to return and be returned to. A person named Latifa is the kind of person a village grows around.
Section 4 · What Families Say
What People Usually Mean by This Name
Gentle, subtle, kind, feminine of Latif. Al-Latif (the Subtle, the Gentle) is a divine name. 'Allah is Al-Latif to His servants' (42:19). 'My Lord was Latif in what He wills' (12:100. Yusuf words). Latifa names the girl of divine gentleness, the subtle quality that reaches what force cannot. Top Arab, Pakistani, and North African girls name. Latifa, the Dubai princess who sought freedom.
Section 5 · Bearers
Who Has Carried This Name
- Latifa . Tunisian singer Latifa Arfaoui, one of the leading pan-Arab pop voices of the 1990s–2000s
How to Pronounce Latifa
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Variants of this name
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Names sharing the ل Lam influence
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Frequently Asked Questions
About the name Latifa
What does the name Latifa mean?
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Is Latifa mentioned in the Quran?
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What does Latifa mean in Urdu?
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Is Latifa a good Islamic name?
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Is Latifa a girl or boy name?
What is the spiritual meaning of Latifa in Ilm ul Huroof?
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