Abdullatif as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Abdullatif

What is the meaning of the name Abdullatif ?

The baby name Abdullatif is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced ab-DUL-lah-TEEF (IPA: /ʕabd alˈlatiːf/).

Abdullatif is Arabic in Origin.

Abdullatif is the Arabic theophoric compound ʿAbd al-Laṭīf, combining ʿabd “servant” with al-Laṭīf, one of the 99 Divine Names meaning “the All‑Subtle, the Kind.” The doubled l reflects assimilation before the sun letter l, hence widespread transliterations like Abdul Latif. Documented since the medieval Islamic world, it appears in biographical dictionaries and among scholars and Sufi figures, notably the physician-traveler ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-Baghdādī (1162–1231). Usage spans the Arab world, Persia/Iran, Ottoman Turkey, and South Asia, and remains common in contemporary Muslim communities.

Variants include ʿAbd al-Laṭīf, Abdul Latif, Abdel Latif/Abdelatif (Maghrebi), Abdullatif, Abdüllatif (Turkish), Abdul Lateef/Abdullateef (South Asian/West African). The name may be written as a single unit or split as a given plus middle name. Nicknames include Abdo/Abdou, Abdu, and Latif. Related feminine Latifa/Latifah is cognate with the second element but not a direct counterpart.