Latifa

This article is about the name. For other uses, see Latifa (disambiguation).

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