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

Lotfi

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

Lutfi, Lütfi

First name

• 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 (died 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, Tajikistani opera singer

Middle name

• 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, Egyptian writer
• Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed (1872–1963), Egyptian intellectual

Luthfi

• Muhammad Luthfi bin Yahya, Indonesian Shaikh

Surname

• Abdolali Lotfi (1880–1956), Iranian judge and politician
• Amer Husni Lutfi, Syrian politician
• Huda Lutfi, Egyptian artist and historian
• Ibtisam Lutfi, 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), Iranian footballer
• Saeid Lotfi (footballer, born 1992), Iranian footballer
• Sam Lutfi, former manager of Britney Spears
• Tariq Lutfi (born 1951), Pakistani footballer

Places

• Lutfi, Iran
• Lotfabad

See also

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