Asif
{{Infobox given name | name = Asif | image = | image_size = | caption = | pronunciation = Arabic: [āsˤaf] | gender = Male | meaning = the name of Solomon's vizier | region = Arabia | language = Arabic Asif (Arabic: آصف) is an Arabic masculine given name. This name referred to Solomon's vizier in the Islamic tradition, and by extension to a wise, prudential figure.
People with this name
In antiquity
- Asif bin Barkhiya, described in the 27th Chapter of the Qur'an, transported the throne of the Queen of Sheba
In modern times
- Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan's former president (Pakistan Peoples Party) (2008–2013)
- Asif Ahmad, British diplomat
- Asif Akbar, Bangladeshi singer
- Asif Ali (disambiguation), multiple people
- Asif Bashir Bhagat, Pakistani politician
- Asif Din, English cricketer
- Asif Farrukhi, Pakistani doctor, writer and translator
- Asif Ismail, Indian tennis player
- Asif Kapadia, English film director
- Asif Maharammov, Azerbaijani Lieutenant colonel and National Hero of Azerbaijan
- Asif Nawaz, Pakistani general
- Asif Noorani, Pakaistani newspaper and television writer
- Asif Iqbal Razvi, Pakistani cricketer
Surname
- K. Asif, Indian film director
- Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Pakistani politician
- Mohammad Asif, Pakistan cricketer
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