Wasif is an Arabic-language name and surname, also spelt as Wasef and Vasif in Turkic and Balkan languages. People with this name include:
Given name
Wasif/Wasef
Wasif Ali Mirza (1875–1959), Bengali monarch Wasif Ali Wasif (1929–1993), Pakistani teacher, writer, poet and Sufi Wasif al-Turki (died 867), Turkic Abbasid general Wasef Bakhtari (1943–2023), Afghan poet and literary figure Wasif Boutros Ghali (1878–1958), Egyptian writer, diplomat and political figure Wasif Hussain Nadeem al-Wajidi (1954–2024), Indian Islamic scholar, columnist, critic and writer Wasif Jawhariyyeh (1897–1972), Palestinian musician, poet and chronicler Wasif Nawaz (born 1991), Pakistani cricketer
Vasif
Vasif Adigozalov (1935–2006), Azerbaijani composer Vasif Ahsen-Böre (1924–2008), Finnish ice hockey player Vasıf Arzumanov (born 1988), Turkish wrestler Vasif Asadov (born 1965), Azerbaijani triple jumper Vasif Biçaku (1922–1979), Albanian footballer Vasıf Çetinel (1928–2020), Turkish footballer Vasıf Çınar (1895–1935), Turkish educator, politician, journalist and diplomat Vasif Durarbayli (born 1992), Azerbaijani chess grandmaster Vasif Kortun (born 1958), Turkish art curator, writer and educator Vasif Talibov (born 1960), Azerbaijani politician
Middle name
Wasif
Hafizur Rahman Wasif Dehlavi (1910–1987), Indian Islamic scholar, jurist, literary critic and poet Malik Wasif Mazhar Raan, Pakistani politician
Vasif
Mehmet Vasıf Pasha Gürcü (died 1865), Ottoman field marshal and administrator Mehmet Vasıf Yakut (born 1989), Turkish para taekwondo practitioner Mustafa Vasıf Karakol (1880–1931), Ottoman army officer and Turkish politician
Surname
Wasif
Ibrahim Wasif (1908–1975), Egyptian weightlifter Imaad Wasif (born 1977), Indian musician Muhammad ibn Wasif (died 909), Iranian bureaucrat and poet Munem Wasif (born 1983), Bangladeshi photographer Salih ibn Wasif (died 870), Turkic Abbasid general Shahid Wasif (born 1997), Hong Kong cricketer
See also
Wasif Manzil, building in Murshidabad, India