Lateef
Boy · Arabic
Lateef is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “gentle, kind”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Lateef mean?
Arabic
“gentle, kind”
A male given name from Arabic.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Lateef a girl's or a boy's name?
Lateef is a boys' name.
How popular is Lateef in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 4 boys.
Lateef in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
How popular is Lateef in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1977, with 47 boys. It first appears in the records in 1967.
Half of all the boys named Lateef in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lateef in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 27 | #2,923 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 16 | #3,812 |
| 1992 | 22 | #2,993 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,099 |
| 1990 | 19 | #3,160 |
| 1989 | 18 | #3,199 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 15 | #3,197 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 16 | #2,939 |
| 1984 | 24 | #2,158 |
| 1983 | 30 | #1,821 |
| 1982 | 22 | #2,268 |
| 1981 | 24 | #2,137 |
| 1980 | 45 | #1,410 |
| 1979 | 34 | #1,670 |
| 1978 | 30 | #1,760 |
| 1977 | 47 | #1,312 |
| 1976 | 30 | #1,710 |
| 1975 | 36 | #1,478 |
| 1974 | 32 | #1,546 |
| 1973 | 25 | #1,782 |
| 1972 | 26 | #1,721 |
| 1971 | 21 | #1,986 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,860 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
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