Atif is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning “the kind one.” In England & Wales it was given to 3 boys in 2025.
Atif belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “the kind one” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page. It travels in a few spellings: Atef, Atiph.
In the United States, Atif first appears in Social Security records in 1973. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #2576 in 1981, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 487 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Atif means “the kind one” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Atif is a boy name. In England & Wales, 3 babies received the name in 2025.
Atif comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition. It is also spelled Atef, Atiph.
Atif first appears in US records in 1973. Its best-ever ranking was #2576 in 1981, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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