Lateefah
given name · English · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Lateefah is a given name, most frequently recorded in Iraq. It appears chiefly in English and Arabic, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: North Africa: Muslim female name meaning pleasant, gentle.
- USUnited States1 in 553K◐
- KWKuwait1 in 57K
- GYGuyana1 in 107K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈616 ●
- Sources
- 178 ●
- 1 in 107K ◐
across 3 countries
9.1K records
Official registry-verified
Guyana
Meaning & origin●
North Africa: Muslim female name meaning pleasant, gentle.
Sources 1
- African Names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IQ Iraq | 734 | 733 rec. | — | — | Lateefah | 3 |
| US United States | 601 | 6.7K rec. | 1 in 553K | 601 | Lateefah | 178 |
| NG Nigeria | 582 | 790 rec. | — | listed | Lateefah | 29 |
| GB United Kingdom | 425 | 389 rec. | — | listed | Lateefah | 27 |
| AU Australia | 72 | 74 rec. | — | — | Lateefah | 7 |
| TR Türkiye | 70 | 82 rec. | — | — | Lateefah | 5 |
| KW Kuwait | 40 | 24 rec. | — | — | Lateefah | 10 |
| CA Canada | 40 | 45 rec. | — | — | Lateefah | 4 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | 33 | 17 rec. | — | — | Lateefah | 17 |
| ZA South Africa | 28 | 29 rec. | — | — | Lateefah | 6 |
| PK Pakistan | 21 | 2 rec. | — | listed | Lateefah | 5 |
| IT Italy | 18 | 22 rec. | — | — | Lateefah | 1 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English7.3K67%
- Arabic1.4K13%
- 4024%
- Spanish3603%
- Thai2622%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 7,326 | 67% |
| Arabic | 1,395 | 13% |
| 402 | 4% | |
| Spanish | 360 | 3% |
| Thai | 262 | 2% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Lateefah is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Arabic, ‘kind, gentle’; feminine form of Latif.
as a nameAfrican Muslim Names
Gentle, pleasant.
as a nameThe African book of names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1971 | 7 |
| 1972 | 17 |
| 1973 | 18 |
| 1974 | 17 |
| 1975 | 17 |
| 1976 | 28 |
| 1977 | 35 |
| 1978 | 53 |
| 1979 | 62 |
| 1980 | 30 |
| 1981 | 28 |
| 1982 | 26 |
| 1983 | 27 |
| 1984 | 25 |
| 1985 | 22 |
| 1986 | 9 |
| 1987 | 12 |
| 1988 | 10 |
| 1989 | 19 |
| 1990 | 30 |
| 1991 | 30 |
| 1992 | 33 |
| 1993 | 15 |
| 1994 | 8 |
| 1995 | 9 |
| 1996 | 10 |
| 1997 | 7 |
| 1998 | 8 |
| 2006 | 5 |
US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 29 years between 1971–2006. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Latifa al-Zayyatb. 1923EGnot in their usual nameEgyptian activist and writer (1923–1996)
- Lalla Latifab. 1946MAnot in their usual nameMoroccan royal
- Latifa bint Abdulaziz Al Saudb. 1949SAnot in their usual nameMember of the House of Saud
- Latifa Ibn Ziatenb. 1960MAnot in their usual nameFrench-Moroccan activist
- Latifab. 1961TNnot in their usual nameTunisian actress and singer
- Latifa Ahrarb. 1971MAnot in their usual nameMoroccan actress
- Latifa Echakhchb. 1974MAnot in their usual nameMoroccan sculptor and installation artist (born 1974)
- Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoumb. 1985AEnot in their usual namesheikha of Dubai
- Latifa al-Droubib. 1994SYnot in their usual nameFirst Lady of Syria since 2025
- Latifa Ouaounot in their usual nameactress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 10 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 601 | #17,966 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1979 | 62 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1978 | 53 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1977 | 35 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1992 | 33 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1991 | 30 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1990 | 30 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1980 | 30 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1981 | 28 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1976 | 28 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1983 | 27 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1982 | 26 | — |
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 39 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Lateefah?
- We estimate roughly 616 people bear Lateefah (counting its spellings and scripts) across 3 countries in our records.
- In which country does Lateefah have the most bearers?
- Lateefah is most frequently recorded in Iraq, where it is most often spelled lateefah.
- Is Lateefah a male or female name?
- Lateefah is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Lateefah mean?
- Recorded meaning: North Africa: Muslim female name meaning pleasant, gentle.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Lateefah”. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.