Nazif (, ) is an Arabic masculine given name, meaning "pure", "clean", "innocent", "neat and clean" and "chaste". It is also a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name Nazif Kayacık (1872–1951), Turkish Army general Nazif Memedi (born 1956), Croatian politician Nazif Shahrani, Afghan academic Nazif ibn Yumn (died 990), Melkite Christian mathematician Serdar Nazif Nasır, Turkish plastic surgeon
Surname Ahmed Nazif (born 1952), Egyptian politician Süleyman Nazif (1870–1927), Turkish poet
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