Tawfik
Tawfik () or
Tawfiq is a masculine given name and surname of Arabic origin. The name is derived from the Arabic root: waaw-faa-qaaf (), 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 (), a
Yiddish diminutive of the Biblical
Hebrew name Toviyah, which led to the Greek equivalent
Tobias (). Notable people with the name include:
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