All around the world, ﻋﺎﻃﻒ (ﻋﺎﻃﻒ 
) is quite a rare boy's given name. The first name ﻋﺎﻃﻒ is habitual in Northern Africa, particularly Sudan, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Egypt, and Libya, where it is a rare boy's name. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in Egypt, Sudan, and Syria. Likewise, ﻋﺎﻃﻒ is the last name as well as the forename.