ٱللَّهُ لَطِيفٌۢ بِعِبَادِهِۦ يَرْزُقُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَهُوَ ٱلْقَوِىُّ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ١٩
Allāh is Subtle with His servants; He gives provision to whom He wills. And He is the Powerful, the Exalted in Might.
لَطِيفَة
Latifa: meaning of the name
Girl Arabic origin Laṭīfa
“Gentle, delicate, kind”
Latifa in Islam
The noun latifa is not in the Quran, but al-Latif describes Allah there: “Allah is kind (latif) to His servants; He provides for whom He wills” (42:19); “Does He not know what He created, when He is the Subtle (al-Latif), the All-Aware?” (67:14).
Meaning of the name Latifa
Latifa is the feminine of latif, from the root l-t-f of gentleness and fineness: a gentle, amiable person, delicate in manner, and what is fine and subtle. Al-Latif, “the Kind, the Subtle”, is one of the names of Allah (see ʿAbd al-Latif). The name is common in the Maghreb, the Gulf and Turkey (Latife).
- In Arabic
- لَطِيفَة لطيفة
- Transliteration
- Laṭīfa
- Root
- ل ط ف · 8 occurrences in the Quran
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Arabic
Is Latifa in the Quran?
The name Latifa does not appear as such in the Quran, but its root (ل ط ف) occurs 8 times. Examples:
أَلَا يَعْلَمُ مَنْ خَلَقَ وَهُوَ ٱللَّطِيفُ ٱلْخَبِيرُ ١٤
Does He who created not know, while He is the Subtle, the Aware?
وَرَفَعَ أَبَوَيْهِ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ وَخَرُّوا۟ لَهُۥ سُجَّدًا وَقَالَ يَٰٓأَبَتِ هَٰذَا تَأْوِيلُ رُءْيَٰىَ مِن قَبْلُ قَدْ جَعَلَهَا رَبِّى حَقًّا وَقَدْ أَحْسَنَ بِىٓ إِذْ أَخْرَجَنِى مِنَ ٱلسِّجْنِ وَجَآءَ بِكُم مِّنَ ٱلْبَدْوِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ أَن نَّزَغَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَ إِخْوَتِىٓ إِنَّ رَبِّى لَطِيفٌ لِّمَا يَشَآءُ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ١٠٠
And he raised his parents upon the throne, and they bowed to him in prostration. And he said, "O my father, this is the explanation of my vision of before. My Lord has made it reality. And He was certainly good to me when He took me out of prison and brought you [here] from bedouin life after Satan had induced [estrangement] between me and my brothers. Indeed, my Lord is Subtle in what He wills. Indeed, it is He who is the Knowing, the Wise.
All the words of the root ل ط ف in the Quran (8 occurrences)
Is this name permissible?
No text or scholarly opinion concerns the name Latifa in particular: the general rules of Islam apply.
Read the rules for choosing a name
This page is an aid to reflection, not a fatwa. For a personal case, ask a person of knowledge.
Writing Latifa in each language
- French
- Latifa, Latefa, Latifah
- English
- Latifa, Latifah
- Spanish
- Latifa
- Turkish
- Latife
- Arabic
- لَطِيفَة