Latifa, Lateefa or Lateefah is a feminine Arabic (لٓطِيفٓة) given name which means "gentle", "nice" or "pleasant". It corresponds to the masculine Latif.

Notable persons Lateefa(h) Lateefa Al Gaood, Bahraini politician Lateefah Durosinmi (born 1957), Nigerian academic Lateefah Simon (born 1977), American activist

Latifa Latifa (singer) (born 1961), or Latifa Arfaoui, Tunisian pop music singer Princess Fawzia-Latifa of Egypt (born 1982), Egyptian princess Latifa Baka (born 1964), Moroccan author Latifa Elouadrhiri (born 1952), Moroccan physicist Princess Lalla Latifa (1943/44-2024), widow of king Hassan II Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum (born 1985), UAE princess Latifa Ben Mansour (born 1950), Algerian writer and linguist Latifa bint Fahd Al Saud (1959–2013), Saudi royal Latifa al-Zayyat (1923–1996), Egyptian activist and writer Latifa al-Droubi (born 1984), First Lady of Syria and wife of Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa

Latifah Queen Latifah (born 1970), American rapper, singer, and actress Latifah Bee Ghows (1911–2005), Malaysian physician

Sufi psychology Lataif-e-Sitta, special perception organs in Sufi spiritual psychology, for example Latifa Qalabiya

See also Latife, the Turkish form of the name

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