Latifa
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Arabic, masculine equivalent Latif. Borrowed from Arabic لَطِيفَة (laṭīfa).
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Latifa (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Latifa has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2022. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2011 | 4 |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | 3 |
| 2015 | 2 |
| 2016 | 3 |
| 2017 | 2 |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | 3 |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | 5 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 121 |
| 2000 | 130 |
| 2001 | 140 |
| 2002 | 141 |
| 2003 | 149 |
| 2004 | 154 |
| 2005 | 157 |
| 2006 | 165 |
| 2007 | 174 |
| 2008 | 179 |
| 2009 | 181 |
| 2010 | 189 |
| 2011 | 201 |
| 2012 | 218 |
| 2013 | 229 |
| 2014 | 242 |
| 2015 | 260 |
| 2016 | 280 |
| 2017 | 290 |
| 2018 | 309 |
| 2019 | 320 |
| 2020 | 332 |
Latifa in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Latifa.Hi! My name is Latifa.
- Har du träffat Latifa? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Latifa? She started working here on Monday.
- Jag ska fika med Latifa i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Latifa this afternoon.
- Latifas mamma är lärare.Latifa's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Latifas mamma is Latifa's mum.
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Questions about Latifa
How do you pronounce Latifa in Swedish?
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What does the name Latifa mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Arabic, masculine equivalent Latif. Borrowed from Arabic لَطِيفَة (laṭīfa).
How popular is Latifa in Sweden?
5 babies were named Latifa in 2022. In 2020, 332 people in Sweden had Latifa as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2022 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.