Atif
given name · Latin script
Meaning: compassionate, affectionate, sympathetic, kind-hearted
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ætɪf/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Atif is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country. In the Sudan it is the 68th most common given name.
- PKPakistan≈1 in 1.1K(inferred from the name graph)
- AEUnited Arab Emirates≈1 in 2.5K
- SASaudi Arabia≈1 in 4K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)
- 4 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 287 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈220,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Pakistan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
compassionate, affectionate, sympathetic, kind-hearted
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of Muslim Names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Atif counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Pakistan | #175 | ≈220,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | listed | Atif | 127 |
| BD Bangladesh | — | ≈23,000 est. | ≈1 in 7K | — | Atif | 40 |
| SD Sudan | #68 | ≈17,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.7K | — | Atif | 29 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | #476 | ≈8,600 est. | ≈1 in 4K | — | Atif | 89 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | #226 | ≈4,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.5K | — | Atif | 90 |
| US United States | — | 1,347 | 1 in 247K | 1.3K | Atif | 287 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Atif is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Arabic, compassionate, affectionate, kind-hearted,
as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names
" compassionate;
as a nameMuslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman
A she gazelle
as a nameDictionary of Islamic Names
Gentle, very
as a nameDictionary of Islamic Names
In lld, active
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Atıf Kaptanb. 1908TRnot in their usual nameTurkish actor (1908–1977)
- Atıf Yılmazb. 1925TRnot in their usual nameTurkish film director (1925–2006)
- Atif Dudakovićb. 1953BABosnian general
- İskilipli Âtıf Hocab. 1968TRnot in their usual nameTurkish writer (1875–1926)
- Atif Loukilb. 1974TNTunisian volleyball player
- Atif Tauqeerb. 1979PKPakistani journalist
- Atif Aslamb. 1983INPakistani playback singer and songwriter
- Atif Afzalb. 1985INmusic composer from India
- Atif Bashirb. 1985PKGerman footballer
- Atif ButtPKPakistani professional esports player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 63 sources across 33 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.3K | #10,046 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2023 | 13 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 10 | #10,046 |
Reference works 7
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Тахиров, Речник на турските лични имена в България
- Ismlar.com — Uzbek given-name dictionary (meanings, gender, origin)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Atif mean, and where does it come from?
- compassionate, affectionate, sympathetic, kind-hearted Recorded by A Dictionary of Muslim Names.
- How do you pronounce Atif?
- A machine transcription gives /ætɪf/ (IPA) for Urdu.
- Is Atif a male or female name?
- Atif is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Atif have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 220 thousand people named Atif in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled atif.
- How common is the name Atif?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,347 people named Atif in 2020, about 1 in 247 thousand residents.
- How common is Atif compared with other names?
- In Pakistan, Atif is the 175th most common given name of 77,659 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/atifThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Atif” — the 175th most common given name in Pakistan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.