Latif
A boys’ name of Arabic origin, meaning gentle, kind, delicate.
Babies a year
10
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Latif by the numbers
Latif was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 26 babies in 1991, making it a 1990s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Latif. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean gentleness
Like Latif, each of these has gentleness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Paulsmall or humble1,684 in the US (2017)
- Terrencesoft, tender; a form of Terence261 in the US (2017)
- Advikunique, one of a kind, singular52 in England and Wales (2025)
- Coyquiet; modest; still waters142 in the US (2017)
- Daracompassion, kindness30 in England and Wales (2025)
- Garethgentle; kind88 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Latif
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