Tawfik

Arabic: [ˈtawˌfiːq, ˈtoː-, ˈtu-]
Turkish: [ˈtevfiq]GenderMaleOriginWord/nameArabicMeaningsuccessful, fortunateOther namesAlternative spellingTewfik, Taoufic, Tawfiq, Tawfeeq, Toufic, Thoufeeq, Thoufeeque, among many other alterations in the Latin alphabet.Short form(s)TFQ

Tawfik (Arabic: توفيق), or Tewfik, is an Arabic masculine given name. The name is derived from the Arabic root: waaw-faa-qaaf (و-ف-ق), which means to agree or to reconcile. Tawfik translates to, "the ability or opportunity to achieve success". A spelling of Tewfik or Toufic is used more among French speakers. Tawfik can be used as a given name or surname. 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), actually a Yiddish diminutive of the Biblical Hebrew name Toviyah, which led to the Greek equivalent Tobias (Τοβίας).

Given name

Taoufik

Tawfik

  • Tawfiq Ali (born 1990), Palestinian footballer
  • Tawfik Abu Al-Huda, also known as Tawfik Pasha Abul-Huda) (1894–1956), Jordanian politician, served several terms as Prime Minister of Jordan
  • Tawfik Hamid (born 1961), Egyptian author
  • Tawfik Jaber (died 2008), Palestinian chief of police in Gaza
  • Tawfik Khatib (born 1954), Israeli Arab politician who served as a member of the Knesset
  • Tawfik Toubi (1922–2011), Israeli Arab communist politician

Taufic

  • Taufic Guarch (born 1991), Mexican footballer of Lebanese descent

Taufik

  • Taufik Akbar (born 1951), Indonesian engineer and former astronaut candidate
  • Taufik Batisah (born 1981), Singaporean singer
  • Taufik Hidayat (born 1981), Indonesian badminton player
  • Taufik Hidayat (footballer, born 1993), Indonesian footballer
  • Taufik Hidayat (footballer, born 1999), Indonesian footballer

Taufeeq

Taufiq

Tawfiq

  • Tawfiq Bay or Sayyid Ahmad Tawfiq Bay Sharif Efendi or Tevfik Pasha, Syrian Arab traveler
  • Tawfiq Canaan (1882–1964), Palestinian physician, medical researcher, ethnographer, and Palestinian nationalist
  • Tawfiq al-Hakim (1898–1987), Egyptian writer and visionary
  • 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 who served as 5th Prime Minister of Iraq on three occasions stretching from 1929 to 1950
  • Tawfiq Ziad (1929–1994), Palestinian politician well known for his "poetry of protest"

Teufik

Tewfik

  • 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 1892–99 and 1936–1952
  • Tewfik Allal (born 1947), Moroccan writer and a prominent political figure
  • 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
  • Tewfik Mishlawi (1935–2012), Lebanese journalist
  • Tewfik Allal (born 1947), Moroccan writer and political figure
  • Tewfik Abdullah (born 1896), Egyptian footballer

Toufic

Toufik

Tefik

Tevfik

Tofig

  • Tofig Bakikhanov, Azerbaijani composer
  • Tofig Guliyev (1917–2000), Azerbaijani composer, pianist, conductor
  • Tofig Gasimov (1938–2020), Azerbaijani politician and diplomat
  • Tofig Huseynzade (1946–2006), Azerbaijani philologist, folklorist, journalist and poet
  • Tofig Ismayilov (film director) (1939–2016), Azerbaijani film director, screenwriter and film scholar
  • Tofig Ismayilov (politician) (1933–1991), Azerbaijani politician, administrator, first Secretary of State of Azerbaijan
  • Tofig Zulfugarov, Azerbaijani politician and government minister

Tofiq

  • Tofiq Bahramov (1925–1993), Soviet footballer and football referee from Azerbaijan

Tufi

  • Tufi Duek (born 1954), Brazilian fashion designer

Surname

Taoufik

Taufiq

  • Pervez Taufiq (born 1974), American vocalist and songwriter for the hard rock band Living syndication

Tawfik

Tawfiq

Tewfik

Toufic

Places

See also

  • 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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