Abdul Latif () is a Muslim male given name and, in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words ʻabd and al-Laṭīf, one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which gave rise to the Muslim theophoric names. It means "servant of the All-gentle". The letter ''a'' of the ''al-'' is unstressed, and can be transliterated by almost any vowel, often by ''e''. So the first part can appear as Abdel, Abdul or Abd-al. The second part may appear as Latif, Lateef or in other ways. The whole name is subject to variable spacing and hyphenation. The surname is used by Muslims and also by Orthodox Christians in Syria and Lebanon. It may refer to: People Given name Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi (medieval writer) (1162–1231), Iraqi physician, historian, Egyptologist and traveller Abd al-Latif ibn Muhammad Taraghay Ulughbek (ca. 1420–1450), Timurid ruler of Transoxiana Ghabdellatif of Kazan (born ca. 1475), khan of Kazan Khanate, 1496–1502 Shah Abdul Latif Kazmi, known as Bari Imam (1617–1705), Indian Sufi Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (1689–1752), Sindhi Sufi scholar, mystic, saint, poet, and musician Nawab Abdul Latif (1828–1893), Bengali educator and social worker Sahibzada Abdul Latif (1853–1903), Afghan executed for heresy Abdullah Abdul Latif Al Othman (1895–1965), Kuwaiti businessman Abdul Latif Tibawi (1910–1981), Palestinian historian Abdul Latif Chowdhury, known as Saheb Qibla Fultali (1913–2008), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar Abdel Latif Boghdadi (politician) (1917–1999), Egyptian politician, air force officer, and judge Abdul Latif (musician) (1927–2005), Bangladeshi musician Abdellatif Filali (1928–2009), Moroccan politician and diplomat Abdul Latif Dayfallah (born 1930), Yemeni politician Abdel Latif El Zein (born 1932), Lebanese politician Abdul Latif Galadari (born 1939), Emirati Businessman Abdul Latif Hakimi, Afghan, Taliban spokesman Abdul Latif (cricketer) (born 1939), Pakistani cricketer, Bangladeshi cricket administrator Abdul Latief (Indonesian businessman) (born 1940), businessman and politician Abdellatif Laabi (born 1942), Moroccan poet Abdul Latif Afridi (born 1943), Pakistani lawyer Abdul Latif Siddiqui (born 1943), Bangladeshi politician Abdul Latif Rashid (born 1944), Iraqi politician Abdul Latif Sharif (1947–2006), Egyptian-American convicted of rape and murder Abdul-Latif Ali al-Mayah (ca. 1949–2004), Iraqi academic and politician Ǧamīl ʿAbdu 'l-Laṭīf al-Bannāʾ, or just Jamil al-Banna (born 1952), Jordanian arrested in Gambia, now a refugee in Britain Jamaal Abdul-Lateef (born 1953), American basketball player better known as Jamaal Wilkes Abdul Latif (restaurateur) (1954–2008), Bangladeshi-British curry house owner Abdellatif Abdelhamid (born 1954), Syrian film director Abdüllatif Şener (born 1954), Turkish politician Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani (born 1955),