Atif

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

Atif (also spelled Atef, Arabic: عاطف‎) and Atıf in Turkish, is a masculine Arabic name generally used in the Muslim world, it means "the kind one".

Given name

Atef

• Atef Abu Saif (born 1973), Palestinian writer
• Atef Adwan, Minister of Refugees in the Palestinian Authority
• Atef Bseiso (1948–1992), Palestine Liberation Organization head of intelligence
• Atef Dkhili (born 1990), Tunisian footballer
• Atef Ebeid (1932–2014), Prime Minister of Egypt from October 1999 to July 2004
• Atef Maoua, Tunisian basketball player
• Atef Najib, Syrian political security chief in the city of Daraa, and cousin of President Assad
• Atef Saad (born 1988), Tunisian long distance runner
• Atef Salem (1927–2002), Egyptian film director
• Atef Sedky (1930–2005), Egyptian politician, Prime Minister of Egypt from 1986 until 1996
• Atef Tarawneh (born 1954), Jordanian politician, Speaker of Jordan's House of Representatives
• Atef El-Tayeb, Arab Egyptian film director

Atif

• Atif Abdelmageed, Sudanese administrator, Executive Director of the Arab Regional Scout Office of the World Scout Bureau
• Atif Ali (born 1984), Pakistani cricketer
• Atif Aslam (born 1983), Pakistani singer
• Atif Ashraf (born 1980), Pakistani cricketer
• Atif Bashir (born 1985), German footballer
• Atif Butt (born 1969), Pakistani-born Danish cricketer
• Atif Dudaković (born 153), Bosnian army general
• Atif Jabbar (born 1990), Pakistani cricketer
• Atif Mian, American economist
• Atif Qarni (born 1978), American teacher and politician
• Atif Rauf (born 1964), Pakistani cricketer
• Atif Sheikh (born 1991), English cricketer

Atıf

• Atıf Yılmaz Batıbeki (1925–2006), Turkish film director, screenwriter, and film producer

Surname

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 (born Sobhi Abu Setta, also known as Abu Hafs al-Masri), the military chief of al-Qaida, and was considered one of Osama Bin Laden's two deputies, the other being Ayman Al Zawahiri
• 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. In 2002, he tried to assassinate President Pervez Musharraf.
• Mohammad Atif Ali (born 1982), Emirati cricketer

Ben / Bin Atef

• Mahmoud Omar Mohammed Bin Atef, Yemeni extrajudicial prisoner of the United States