Lutfi

Lutfi (also spelled Lotfi or Luthfi, from Arabic: لطفي), is a male given name and surname meaning "kind" or "gracious". It may refer to:

## Given name

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### Lotfi

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* Lotfi A. Zadeh (1921–2017), Azerbaijani electrical engineer
* Lotfi Akalay (1943-2019), Moroccan writer
* Lotfi Nezzar, Algerian businessman

### Lutfi, Lütfi

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#### First name

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* Lutfi (court official), Ottoman court official
* Lütfi Doğan (1930–2023), theologian and politician
* Lütfi Doğan (politician) (1927–2018), Turkish academic, theologian and politician
* Lutfi Haziri (born 1969), Kosovar politician
* Lutfi Lepaja (born 1945), Albanian writer
* Lütfi Pasha (1488-1564), Ottoman statesman
* Lütfi Akadlı (1902–1988), Turkish judge
* Lütfi Arıboğan (born 1961), Turkish basketball player
* Lütfi Elvan (born 1962), Turkish mining engineer, politician and government minister
* Lutfi Kabirova (1932-2013), Tajikistani opera singer

#### Middle name

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* Ömer Lütfi Akad (1916–2011), Turkish film director
* Metin Lütfi Baydar (born 1960), Turkish medical scientist
* Mohammed Lutfi Farhat (born 1945), Libyan politician
* Fevzi Lütfi Karaosmanoğlu (1900–1978), Turkish politician and journalist
* Ali Lutfi Mahmud (1935–2018), Egyptian politician
* Mustafa Lutfi al-Manfaluti (1876-1924), Egyptian writer
* Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed (1872–1963), Egyptian intellectual

### Luthfi

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* Muhammad Luthfi bin Yahya (born 1947), Indonesian Shaikh

## Surname

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* Abdolali Lotfi (1880–1956), Iranian judge and politician
* Amer Husni Lutfi (1956-2018), Syrian politician
* Huda Lutfi (born 1948), Egyptian artist and historian
* Ibtisam Lutfi (born 1950), Saudi Arabian singer
* João Lutfi, known professionally as Sérgio Ricardo (director) (1932–2020), Brazilian film director
* Mohammad-Reza Lotfi (1947–2014), Persian classical musician
* Nadia Lutfi (1938–2020), Egyptian actress
* Saeid Lotfi (footballer, born 1981) (born 1981), Iranian footballer
* Saeid Lotfi (footballer, born 1992) (bon 1992), Iranian footballer
* Sam Lutfi, former manager of Britney Spears
* Tariq Lutfi (born 1951), Pakistani footballer

## Places

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* Lutfi, Iran
* Lotfabad

## See also

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* Lutfullah, Latif and Latifa, names with a similar origin

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