Atif

Atif

Pronunciation	Arabic: [ʕaːtˤɪf] Egyptian Arabic: [ʕɑːtˤef]
Gender	Male
Language	Arabic
Origin
Meaning	"Kind one"
Other names
Variant form	Aatif

Atif (also spelled Atef or Atiph, Arabic: عاطف) is an Arabic masculine given name generally used in the Muslim world, it means "the kind one".

Notable people with the given name “Atif”

Atef

• Atef Abu Bakr (born 1946), Palestinian politician and diplomat
• Atef Abu Saif (born 1973), Palestinian writer
• Atef Adwan (born 1950), Palestinian politician
• Atef Bseiso (1948–1992), Palestine Liberation Organization head of intelligence
• Atef Dkhili (born 1990), Tunisian footballer
• Atef Ebeid (1932–2014), Egyptian politician
• Atef Maoua (born 1981), Tunisian basketball player
• Atef Najib (born 1964/65), Syrian political security chief in the city of Daraa
• Atef Saad (born 1988), Tunisian long-distance runner
• Atef Sadat (1948–1973), Egyptian Air Force pilot
• Atef Salem (1927–2002), Egyptian film director
• Atef Sedky (1930–2005), Egyptian politician
• Atef Tarawneh (born 1954), Jordanian politician
• Atef El-Tayeb (1947–1995), Egyptian film director

Atif

• Atif Abdelmageed, Sudanese administrator
• Atif Aslam (born 1983), Pakistani singer
• Atif Ashraf (born 1980), Pakistani cricketer
• Atif Azal, known as A-Zal, New-York-based musician
• Atif Bashir (born 1985), German footballer
• Atif Butt (born 1969), Pakistani-born Danish cricketer
• Atif Butt, Pakistani esports player
• Atif Dudaković (born 1953), Bosnian army general
• Atif Jabbar (born 1990), Pakistani cricketer
• Atif Mian (born 1975), American economist
• Atif Qarni (born 1978), American teacher and politician
• Atif Rauf (born 1964), Pakistani cricketer
• Atif Sheikh (born 1991), English cricketer

Atıf

• İskilipli Mehmed Atıf Hoca (1875–1926), Turkish Imam, Islamic scholar, and author
• Atıf Yılmaz Batıbeki (1925–2006), Turkish film director, screenwriter, and film producer

Notable people with the surname “Atif”

Atef

• Bahram Atef (born 1941), Iranian football manager and academic
• Emily Atef (born 1973), French-Iranian director, screenwriter and producer based in Berlin
• Mohammed Atef Al-Masri (1944–2001), Egyptian military chief of al-Qaida
• Momen Atef (born 1994), Egyptian footballer
• Salah Atef, commonly known as Rico (born 1989), Egyptian footballer

Atif

• Kamran Atif, member of Harkat-ul Mujahideen al-Alami
• Mohammad Atif Ali (born 1982), Emirati cricketer
• Parveen Atif (1935–2018), Pakistani Urdu fiction writer, short story writer, columnist, and a pioneer of women's field hockey