Tawfik (), or Tewfik, is an

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masculine given name and a surname. The name is derived from the Arabic root: waaw-faa-qaaf (), which means to agree or 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

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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

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diminutive of the Biblical

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name Toviyah, which led to the Greek equivalent

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Given name

Taoufik

* Taoufik Baccar (born 1950), Tunisian politician * Taoufik Belbouli (born 1954), Tunisian boxer * Taoufik Ben Brik (born 1960), Tunisian journalist *

Taoufik Ben Othman Taoufik Ben Othman (, born 24 March 1939) is a Tunisian football player and coach. He began his career very young at the Avenir Sportif de La Marsa and joined the junior individual selections. In 1958–1959 he participated in the first promoti ...

(born 1939), Tunisian footballer * Taoufik Bouachrine (born 1969), Moroccan journalist * Taoufik Charfeddine (born 1968), Tunisian politician * Taoufik Chobba (born 1982), Tunisian boxer *

Taoufik Djemail Taoufik Djemail (born 30 May 1948) is a Tunisian handball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as M ...

(born 1948), Tunisian handball player *

Taoufik Hicheri Taoufik Hicheri (born 8 January 1965) is a Tunisian former footballer. He played 55 matches for the Tunisia national football team from 1989 to 1998. He was also named in Tunisia's squad for the 1998 African Cup of Nations The 1998 African Cup ...

(born 1965), Tunisian footballer *

Taoufik Maaouia Taoufik Maaouia (born 5 February 1959) is a Tunisian weightlifter. He competed in the men's bantamweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angel ...

(born 1959), Tunisian weightlifter *

Taoufik Makhloufi Taoufik Makhloufi (; born 29 April 1988) is an Algerian athlete who specialises in middle-distance running. He became the 1500 metres Olympic champion at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England. In 2016, Makhloufi took the silver medal in th ...

(born 1988), Algerian athlete *

Taoufik Mehedhebi Taoufik Mehedhebi (born 13 December 1965) is a Tunisian former footballer who played for the national team as a midfielder. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games ...

(born 1965), Tunisian footballer *

Taoufik Rouabah Taoufik Rouabah (born 6 May 1970) is an Algerian football manager Management (or managing) is the administration of organizations, whether businesses, nonprofit organizations, or a government bodies through business administration, nonprofi ...

(born 1970), Algerian football manager *

Taoufik Salhi Taoufik Salhi (born 21 August 1979) is a Tunisian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Salhi was born in Tunis. At the end of January 2007, he signed an 18-month contract with Zorya Luhansk. In July 2010, Salhi ...

(born 1979), Tunisian footballer

Tawfik

Tawfiq Ali Tawfiq Ali Abuhammad (; born 8 November 1989) is a Palestinian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Palestine national football team and Jabal Al-Mukaber in the West Bank Premier League. He received his first senior cap in the bronze me ...

(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 Tawfik Hamid (; born 1961) is an Egyptian-American Muslim reformer and medical doctor. A self-described former member of the militant group al-Jama'a al-Islamiyya, he says that he started to preach in mosques to promote his message and, as a res ...

(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 Taufik Hidayat (born 10 August 1981) is an Indonesian retired badminton player who is the current Deputy Minister for Youth and Sport of Indonesia. He is a former BWF World Championships, World champion, Badminton at the Summer Olympics, Olymp ...

(born 1981), Indonesian badminton player * Taufik Hidayat (footballer, born 1993) (born 1993), Indonesian footballer * Taufik Hidayat (footballer, born 1999) (born 1999), Indonesian footballer

Taufeeq

* Taufeeq Khan, Pakistani cricket umpire * Taufeeq Umar (born 1981), Pakistani cricketer

Taufiq

* Taufiq Ahmed (East Pakistan cricketer) * Taufiq Ahmed (Pakistan Air Force cricketer) * 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

Tawfiq

Tawfiq Bay Tawfiq Bay, or Sayyid Ahmad Tawfiq Bay Sharif Efendi (Tevfik Pasha), (; ) was a Syrian traveler who had been in the service of King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia, eventually traveling to Xinjiang, Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China, in ...

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

* Servet Teufik Agaj, Albanian footballer (1930s)

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 Mohamed Tewfik Pasha ( ''Muḥammad Tawfīq Bāshā''; April 30 or 15 November 1852 – 7 January 1892), also known as Tawfiq of Egypt, was khedive of Khedivate of Egypt, Egypt and the Turco-Egyptian Sudan, Sudan between 1879 and 1892 and the s ...

(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 (1896–1963), Egyptian footballer

Toufic

* Majid Toufic Arslan, titled Emir Majid Arslan (1908–1983), Lebanese Druze leader and politician * 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 (fl. 1939–1941), Lebanese footballer * Toufic Farroukh (born 1958), Lebanese jazz composer, working in France * Toufic El Hajj, Lebanon international rugby league footballer * Toufic Jaber (born 1962), Lebanese diplomat * Toufic Maatouk, Lebanese orchestra conductor

Toufik

* Toufik, alias of Mohamed Mediène (born 1939), Algerian secret services officer * Toufik Addadi (born 1990), Algerian football player * Toufik Benamokrane (born 1980), Algerian football player * Toufik Benedictus "Benny" Hinn (born 1952), Israeli-born Christian televangelist * Toufik el-Hibri (1869–1954), Lebanese Muslim cleric, one of the primary founders of the Scout movement in Lebanon * Toufik Mansour, Israeli mathematician * Toufik Mekhalfi (born 2002), French squash player * Toufik Moussaoui (born 1991), Algerian football player * Toufik Mouyet (born 1977), Algerian football player * Toufik Zeghdane (born 1992), Algerian football player * Toufik Zerara (born 1986), Algerian footballer

Tefik

* Tefik Mborja (1891–1954), Albanian politician and lawyer * Tefik Osmani (born 1985), Albanian footballer

Tofiq

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

Tufi

* Tufi Duek (born 1954), Brazilian fashion designer

Surname

Taoufik

* Sami Taoufik (born 2002), Moroccan racing driver

Taufiq

* 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, Mayor of Karachi in 1958

Tawfik

* Abdel Nasser Tawfik (born 1967), Egyptian physicist * Abdelaziz Tawfik (born 1986), Egyptian footballer * 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

* Hisham Tawfiq (born 1970), American actor

Tewfik

* Samira Tewfik (born 1944), Lebanese singer

Toufic

* Jalal Toufic, Lebanese artist, filmmaker, and author * Walid Toufic (born 1954), Lebanese singer and actor

Places

* Tawafiq, Syria, village in the southern

Golan Heights The Golan Heights, or simply the Golan, is a basaltic plateau at the southwest corner of Syria. It is bordered by the Yarmouk River in the south, the Sea of Galilee and Hula Valley in the west, the Anti-Lebanon mountains with Mount Hermon in t ...

*Port Tewfik, the old name of Suez Port ** Port Tewfik Memorial, Indian War Memorial originally situated at Port Tewfik on the Suez Canal

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