Latifa, Lateefa or Lateefah is a feminine Arabic (لٓطِيفٓة) given name which means "gentle",[1] "nice" or "pleasant".[2] It corresponds to the masculine Latif.
Notable persons
Lateefa(h)
- Lateefa Al Gaood, Bahraini politician
- Lateefah Durosinmi (born 1957), Nigerian academic
- Lateefah Simon (born 1977), American activist
Latifa
- Latifa (singer) (born 1961), or Latifa Arfaoui, Tunisian pop music singer
- Princess Fawzia-Latifa of Egypt (born 1982), Egyptian princess
- Latifa Baka (born 1964), Moroccan author
- Latifa Elouadrhiri (born 1952), Moroccan physicist
- Princess Lalla Latifa (1943/44-2024), widow of king Hassan II
- Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum (born 1985), UAE princess
- Latifa Ben Mansour (born 1950), Algerian writer and linguist
- Latifa bint Fahd Al Saud (1959-2013), Saudi royal
- Latifa al-Zayyat (1923-1996), Egyptian activist and writer
Latifah
- Queen Latifah (born 1970), American rapper, singer, and actress
- Latifah Bee Ghows (1911-2005), Malaysian physician
Sufi psychology
- Lataif-e-Sitta, special perception organs in Sufi spiritual psychology, for example Latifa Qalabiya
See also
- Latife, the Turkish form of the name
References
- ^ Judith Rosenhouse (Spring 2002). "Personal Names in Hebrew and Arabic: Modern Trends Compared to the Past". Journal of Semitic Studies. 47 (1): 106. doi:10.1093/jss/47.1.97.
- ^ ""لٓطِيفٓة": examples and translations in context". dictionary.reverso.net. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
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