Latifa is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning “gentle.” In 2024 it was given to 12 girls in the United States.
Latifa belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “gentle” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Latifa first appears in Social Security records in 1963. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #2509 in 1980, and in 2024 12 babies received the name — 817 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Latifa means “gentle” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Latifa is a girl name. In 2024, 12 babies received the name in the US.
Latifa comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Latifa first appears in US records in 1963. Its best-ever ranking was #2509 in 1980, and 12 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. 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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