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| Pronunciation | Arabic: [ˈtawˌfiːq, ˈtoː-, ˈtu-] Turkish: [ˈtevfiq] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Arabic |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Tewfik, Taoufic, Taufiq, Tawfiq, Tawfeeq, Toufic, Thoufeeq, Thoufeeque, among many other variants in the Latin alphabet |
| Related names | Tevfik, Tofig/Tofiq |
Tawfik (Arabic: توفيق), or Tawfiq, is an Arabic masculine given name and a surname. The name is derived from the Arabic root: waaw-faa-qaaf (و-ف-ق), which primarily ‘divine success’. However, it can also mean the following: ‘to agree’, ‘to reconcile’. A spelling of Tewfik or Toufic is used more among French speakers. Since it is considered a "neutral" name in the Arabic language, many Arabic-speaking Christians as well as Muslims are named Tawfik. The Turkish equivalent is Tevfik, the Azerbaijani equivalent is Tofig or Tofiq, the Albanian equivalent is Tefik, the Bosnian equivalent is Teufik. Taoufik and Toufic are common in North Africa (Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria). Thoufeeque, Thoufeeq and Thoufeek are common in India. A phonetically similar Jewish name is Tovik or Tuvik (תוביק), a Yiddish diminutive of the Biblical Hebrew name Toviyah, which led to the Greek equivalent Tobias (Τοβίας). Notable people with the name include:
Given name
[edit]Taoufik
[edit]- Taoufik Baccar (born 1950), Tunisian politician
- Taoufik Belbouli (born 1954), Tunisian boxer
- Taoufik Ben Brik (born 1960), Tunisian journalist
- Taoufik Bouachrine (born 1969), Moroccan journalist
- Taoufik Charfeddine (born 1968), Tunisian politician
- Taoufik Cheikhrouhou (1944–2026), Tunisian politician
- Taoufik Chobba (born 1982), Tunisian boxer
- Taoufik Djemail (born 1948), Tunisian handball player
- Taoufik Hicheri (born 1965), Tunisian footballer
- Taoufik Maaouia (born 1959), Tunisian weightlifter
- Taoufik Makhloufi (born 1988), Algerian athlete
- Taoufik Mehedhebi (born 1965), Tunisian footballer
- Taoufik Ben Othman (born 1939), Tunisian footballer
- Taoufik Rouabah (born 1970), Algerian football manager
- Taoufik Salhi (born 1979), Tunisian footballer
Taufeeq
[edit]- Taufeeq Khan, Pakistani cricket umpire
- Taufeeq Umar (born 1981), Pakistani cricketer
Taufic
[edit]- Taufic Guarch (born 1991), Mexican footballer of Lebanese descent
Taufik
[edit]- Taufik Akbar (born 1951), Indonesian engineer and former astronaut candidate
- Taufik Batisah (born 1981), Singaporean singer
- Taufik Cotran (1926–2007), Palestinian Commonwealth jurist
- Taufik Hidayat (born 1981), Indonesian badminton player
- Taufik Hidayat (footballer, born 1993) (born 1993), Indonesian footballer
- Taufik Hidayat (footballer, born 1999) (born 1999), Indonesian footballer
- Taufik Hidayat (Gerindra Party politician) (born 1959), Indonesian brigadier general
- Taufik Ikram Jamil (born 1963), Indonesian writer and journalist
- Taufik Kurniawan (1967–2022), Indonesian politician
- Taufikurrahman Saleh (1949–2023), Indonesian politician and lawyer
- Taufik Seidu (born 2008), Ghanaian-Spanish footballer
- Taufik Soleh (born 1985), Indonesian footballer
- Taufik Suparno (born 1995), Singaporean footballer
Taufiq
[edit]- Taufiq Ahmed (East Pakistan cricketer), Bangladeshi cricketer
- Taufiq Ahmed (Pakistan Air Force cricketer), Pakistani cricketer
- Taufiq Febriyanto (born 1997), Indonesian footballer
- Taufiq Ghani (born 1989), Singaporean football player
- Taufiq Ismail (born 1935), Indonesian poet, activist and the editor
- Taufiq Kasrun (born 1985), Indonesian professional footballer
- Taufiq Kiemas (1942–2013), Indonesian Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly of Indonesia from 2009 to 2013
- Taufiq Muqminin (born 1996), Singaporean footballer
- Taufiq Qureshi (born 1962), Indian classical musician
- Taufiq Rafat (1927–1998), Pakistani author and poet
- Taufiq Rahmat (born 1987), Singaporean footballer
- Taufiq Tirmizi (1960–2020), Pakistani cricketer
- Taufiq Wahby (1891–1984), Kurdish writer, linguist and politician
Tawfik
[edit]- Tawfik Alzaidi (born 1982), Saudi film director, producer, and screenwriter
- Tawfik Bagalana (born 1999), Ugandan rugby union
- Tawfik Bahri (1952–2021), Tunisian actor
- Tawfik Bentayeb (born 2002), Moroccan footballer
- Tawfik Hamid (born 1961), Egyptian author
- Tawfik Abu Al-Huda, also known as Tawfik Pasha Abul-Huda) (1894–1956), Jordanian politician, served several terms as Prime Minister of Jordan
- Tawfik Jaber (died 2008), Palestinian chief of police in Gaza
- Tawfik Jelassi (born 1957), Tunisian academic
- Tawfik Khatib (born 1954), Israeli Arab politician who served as a member of the Knesset
- Tawfik Okasha (born 1967), Egyptian television presenter
- Tawfik Sakr (born 1969), Egyptian footballer
- Tawfik Tirawi (born 1948), Palestinian politician
- Tawfik Toubi (1922–2011), Israeli Arab communist politician
Tawfiq
[edit]- Tawfiq Ali (born 1990), Palestinian footballer
- Tawfiq Yusuf 'Awwad (1911–1989), Lebanese writer and diplomat
- Tawfiq Bay or Sayyid Ahmad Tawfiq Bay Sharif Efendi or Tevfik Pasha, Syrian Arab traveler
- Tawfiq Buhimed (born 1987), Saudi footballer
- Tawfiq Canaan (1882–1964), Palestinian physician, medical researcher, ethnographer, and Palestinian nationalist
- Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, Bangladeshi politician
- Tawfiq Fakhouri (1935–2020), Jordanian banker and entrepreneur
- Tawfiq al-Hakim (1898–1987), Egyptian writer and visionary
- Tawfique Hasan, Bangladeshi scientist
- Tawfiq Kreishan (born 1947), Jordanian politician
- Tawfique Nawaz, Bangladeshi lawyer
- Tawfiq Al-Nimri (1918–2011), Jordanian singer and composer
- Tawfiq Sayigh (1923–1971), Palestinian academic, writer and journalist
- Tawfiq al-Suwaidi (1892–1968), Iraqi politician
- Tawfiq Tayarah (born 1984), Syrian footballer
- Tawfiq Titingan (1963–2018), Malaysian politician
- Tawfiq al-Yasiri (died 2020), Iraqi military officer and politician
- Tawfiq Younes, Syrian major general
- Tawfiq Ziad (1929–1994), Palestinian politician well known for his "poetry of protest"
Tefik
[edit]- Tefik Mborja (1891–1954), Albanian politician and lawyer
- Tefik Osmani (born 1985), Albanian footballer
Teufik
[edit]- Servet Teufik Agaj, Albanian footballer
Tewfik
[edit]- Tewfik Abdullah (1896–1963), Egyptian footballer
- Tewfik Allal (born 1947), Moroccan writer and a prominent political figure
- Tewfik Jallab (born 1982), French-Moroccan actor
- Tewfik Mishlawi (1935–2012), Lebanese journalist
- Tewfik Pasha (or Tawfiq of Egypt, 1852–1892), Khedive of Egypt and Sudan between 1879 and 1892
- Tewfik Saleh (1926–2013), Egyptian film director and writer
- Ahmed Tewfik El Madani (1899–1983), Algerian nationalist leader and a minister of the GPRA
- Mohammed Ali Tewfik (1875–1955), the heir presumptive of Egypt and Sudan from 1892 to 1899 and 1936–1952
Toufic
[edit]- Toufic Aboukhater (1934–2020), Monaco-based Palestinian/Lebanese businessman
- Toufic Ali (born 1989), Palestinian footballer
- Toufic El Bacha (1924–2005), Lebanese composer and musician
- Toufic Barbir, Lebanese footballer
- Toufic Ahmad Choudhury, Bangladesh economist and banker
- Toufic Farroukh (born 1958), Lebanese jazz composer, working in France
- Toufic El Hajj, Lebanon international rugby league footballer
- Toufic Kreidieh (born 1971), Lebanese businessman
- Toufic Maatouk, Lebanese orchestra conductor
- Majid Toufic Arslan, titled Emir Majid Arslan (1908–1983), Lebanese Druze leader and politician
Toufik
[edit]- Toufik, alias of Mohamed Mediène (born 1939), Algerian secret services officer
- Toufik Addadi (born 1990), Algerian football player
- Toufik el-Hibri (1869–1954), Lebanese Muslim cleric, one of the primary founders of the Scout movement in Lebanon
- Toufik Benedictus "Benny" Hinn (born 1952), Israeli-born Christian televangelist
- Toufik Mansour, Israeli mathematician
- Toufik Mekhalfi (born 2002), French squash player
- Toufik Moussaoui (born 1991), Algerian football player
- Toufik Rouabah (born 1970), Algerian football manager
- Toufik Zeghdane (born 1992), Algerian football player
- Toufik Zerara (born 1986), Algerian footballer
Tufi
[edit]- Tufi Duek (born 1954), Brazilian fashion designer
Surname
[edit]Taoufik
[edit]- Sami Taoufik (born 2002), Moroccan racing driver
Taufiq
[edit]- Muhammad Taufiq (born 1986), Indonesian professional footballer
- Pervez Taufiq (born 1974), American vocalist and songwriter for the hard rock band Living syndication
- Rejwan Ahammad Taufiq (born 1969), Bangladesh Awami League politician, member of parliament
- S.M.Taufiq, Pakistani politician
Tawfik
[edit]- Abdelaziz Tawfik (born 1986), Egyptian footballer
- Abdel Nasser Tawfik (born 1967), Egyptian physicist
- Ahmed Tawfik (born 1991), Egyptian footballer
- Ahmed Tawfik (basketball) (born 1987), Egyptian basketball player
- Ahmed Khaled Tawfik (1962–2018), Egyptian SF, horror and medical thriller writer
- Anwar Tawfik (1914-??), Egyptian Olympic fencer
- Ehab Tawfik (born 1966), Egyptian singer
- Hassan Hosni Tawfik (1911–2005), Egyptian Olympic fencer
Tawfiq
[edit]- Hisham Tawfiq (born 1970), American actor
Tewfik
[edit]- Makarios Tewfik (born 1945), Egyptian Coptic Catholic bishop
- Samira Tewfik (born 1944), Lebanese singer
Toufic
[edit]- Jalal Toufic, Lebanese artist, filmmaker, and author
- Walid Toufic (born 1954), Lebanese singer and actor
Places
[edit]- Tawafiq, Syria, village in the southern Golan Heights[citation needed]
- Port Tewfik, the old name of Suez Port
- Port Tewfik Memorial, Indian War Memorial originally situated at Port Tewfik on the Suez Canal
See also
[edit]- 12179 Taufiq, minor planet
- Tawfiq (magazine), weekly satirical magazine published between 1922 and 1971 in Iran
- SV Toufic El Rahman, Syrian sailing ship sunk by the German submarine U-77, east of Cape Greco, Crete
- Toufic H. Kalil House, structure built by Frank Lloyd Wright in Manchester, New Hampshire
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