Tawfik ( ar, توفيق), or Tewfik, is an Arabic masculine

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name. The name is derived from the Arabic root: waaw-faa-qaaf (), 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

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speakers. Tawfik can be used as a

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. Since it is considered a "neutral" name in the Arabic language, many Arabic-speaking Christians as well as Muslims are named Tawfik. The

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Tevfik Tevfik is a Turkish given name for males corresponding to the Arabic Tawfik. People named Tevfik include: * Tevfik Akbaşlı (born 1962), Turkish composer * Tevfik Altındağ (born 1988), Turkish footballer * Tevfik Başer (born 1951), Turkish-Germ ...

, the Azerbaijani equivalent is Tofig or Tofiq, the

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equivalent is Tefik, the Bosnian equivalent is Teufik. The Hebrew equivalent is Tovik or Tuvik (). Tawfik has a similar meaning to the Greek Tobias (). Taoufik and Toufic are common in North Africa (Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria). __TOC__

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Taoufik

* Taoufik Makhloufi *

Taoufik Hicheri Taoufik Hicheri (born 8 January 1965) is a Tunisian former footballer. He played in 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 ...

Taoufik Rouabah Taoufik Rouabah (born 6 May 1970) is an Algerian football manager who most recently was in charge of Olympique de Médéa Olympique de Médéa ( ar, أولمبي المدية), also known as 'O Médéa or simply OM for short, is an Algerian f ...

Taoufik Salhi Taoufik Salhi (born 21 August 1979 in Tunis) is a retired professional Tunisian football midfielder. Career At the end of January 2007, Salhi signed an 18-month contract with Zorya Luhansk. In July 2010, Salhi joined Ukrainian Premier League s ...

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 also known as Los Angeles 19 ...

Taoufik Bouachrine Taoufik Bouachrine ( ar, توفيق بوعشرين; born 1969, Meknes) is a Moroccan journalist and editor. In 2005 he was editor-in-chief of ''al-Jarida al-Oukhra'' which was founded by Ali Anouzla and was banned in 2006. In September 2006, he co ...

Taoufik Mehedhebi Taoufik Mehedhebi (born 13 December 1965) is a Tunisian former footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly kn ...

Taoufik Chobba Taoufik Chobba (born 14 December 1982) is a Tunisian boxer Boxer most commonly refers to: * Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing *Boxer (dog), a breed of dog Boxer or boxers may also refer to: Animal kingdom * Boxer crab * Boxe ...

Taoufik Charfeddine Taoufik Charfeddine (Arabic: توفيق شرف الدين ) (born 24 November 1968) is a Tunisian politician. He is Minister of Interior in the Bouden Cabinet. He served in the same role in the Mechichi Cabinet The Mechichi Cabinet was the 3 ...

* Taoufik Baccar * Taoufik Djemail *

Taoufik Ben Othman Taoufik Ben Othman ( ar, توفيق بن عثمان) (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 part ...

Taoufik Belbouli Taoufik Belbouli (born December 10, 1954 in Tunisia) is a retired French Tunisian professional boxer. He briefly held the WBA cruiserweight title from 1989 until 1990, relinquishing the belt due to injury. Professional career Belbouli turned pr ...

Taoufik Ben Brik Taoufik Ben Brik (born 1960 in Jerissa) is a Tunisian journalist. Career Brik is a prominent critic of the former Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and an outspoken critic of censorship in the Middle East. He has published numerous ar ...

Tawfik

Tawfiq Ali Tawfiq Ali Abuhammad ( ar, توفيق علي; born 8 November 1989) is a Palestinian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Palestine national football team and Tarji Wadi Al-Nes in the West Bank Premier League. He received his first seni ...

(born 1990), Palestinian footballer *

Tawfik Abu Al-Huda Tawfik Abu al-Huda ( ar, توفيق ابو الهدى) (also known as Tawfik Pasha Abul-Huda) (1894 – 1 July 1956) served several terms as the 7th Prime Minister of Jordan. First he served as Prime minister of Transjordan from September 28, 19 ...

, 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 Tawfik Jaber (Arabic language, Arabic: توفيق جابر; died 27 December 2008) was the chief of police in Gaza City, Gaza, and was one of the most prominent figures among those killed on the first day of the 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict. ...

(died 2008), Palestinian chief of police in Gaza *

Tawfik Khatib Tawfik Khatib ( ar, توفيق خطيب, he, תאופיק ח'טיב; born 21 April 1954) is a former Israeli Arab politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the United Arab List and the Arab National Party between 1996 and 2003. Biogra ...

(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 Taufik Akbar (born 8 January 1951 in Medan) is an Indonesian engineer and former astronaut candidate. After graduating at the Bandung Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering in 1975, he worked as a telecommun ...

(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) Muhammad Taufik Hidayat (born 20 March 1993) is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Liga 1 club RANS Nusantara. Club career PSIS Semarang First professional club of Taufik Hidayat was PSIS Semarang. Since the fi ...

, Indonesian footballer *

Taufik Hidayat (footballer, born 1999) Taufik Hidayat (born 16 December 1999) is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga 1 club Bali United. Club career Persija Jakarta On 21 May 2019, Persija Jakarta announced a deal for Taufiq to join Indonesian Li ...

, Indonesian footballer

Taufiq

* Taufiq Ahmed (cricketer), Pakistani cricketer for the Pakistan Air Force *

Taufiq Ismail Taufiq Ismail (born 25 June 1935) is an Indonesian poet, activist and the editor of the monthly literary magazine ''Horison''. Ismail figured prominently in Indonesian literature of the post-Sukarno period and is considered one of the pioneers of ...

(born 1935), Indonesian poet, activist and the editor *

Taufiq Kiemas Taufiq is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Taufiq Ahmed (East Pakistan cricketer) * Taufiq Ahmed (Pakistan Air Force cricketer) * Taufiq Ghani (born 1989), Singaporean football player * Taufiq Ismail (born 1935), Indonesian poe ...

(1942–2013), Indonesian Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly of Indonesia from 2009 to 2013 * Taufiq Qureshi (born 1962), Indian classical musician * Taufiq Wahby (1891–1984), Kurdish writer, linguist and politician

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 Tawfiq Nimri ( ar, توفيق نمري; June 10, 1918 – October 23, 2011) was a Jordanian singer and composer. He was the first Jordanian to collect, write, sing, and compose Jordanian folkloric music. He presented and appeared in more than 75 ...

(1918–2011), Jordanian singer and composer * 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"

Tewfik

* Tewfik Pasha (1852–1892), also known as Tawfiq of Egypt, Khedive of Egypt and the Sudan between 1879 and 1892 and the sixth ruler from the Muhammad Ali Dynasty *

Ahmed Tewfik El Madani Ahmed Tewfik El Madani (also spelled Ahmad Toufik al-Medani etc.) (1899–1983) was an Algerian nationalist leader during the Algerian War of Independence (1954–61), and a minister of the GPRA, a provisional exile government of the Front de li ...

(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 Tewfik Allal ( ar, توفيق علال) is a French trade unionist born on October 11, 1947, in Oujda in Morocco. He is a writer and a prominent political figure. He is the president of the association ''Manifeste des libertés''. Books *''Situat ...

(born 1947), Moroccan writer and a prominent political figure * Tewfik Pasha (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 Tewfik Mishlawi (1935 – 24 January 2012) was a Lebanese journalist who was known in the Middle East and Arab world. Early life and career Born 1935 in Haifa, British Mandate Palestine, Mishlawi fled to Lebanon with his family during the 1948 ...

(1935–2012), Lebanese journalist *

(born 1947), Moroccan writer and political figure * Tewfik Abdullah (born 1896), Egyptian footballer

Toufic

Toufic Aboukhater Toufic Aboukhater (1934-2020) was a Monaco-based Palestinian/Lebanese billionaire businessman. Early life Aboukhater was born to Palestinian parents in the city of Tiberias, his father was a hotel owner in Tiberias. In 1948 the family moved to ...

(born 1934), Monaco-based Palestinian/Lebanese billionaire businessman *

Toufic El Bacha Toufic El Bacha (in Arabic توفيق الباشا) also written as Toufiq/Tawfiq el Basha/Al Basha (b. in Beirut, Lebanon 1924 - died Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or t ...

(1924–2005), Lebanese composer and musician *

Toufic Farroukh Toufic Farroukh ( ar, توفيق فرّوخ) is a Lebanese jazz composer, working in France. Overview Toufic Farroukh is a saxophone player and composer of jazz with a middle-eastern flavour stemming from his bi-cultural roots in Lebanon and ...

, Lebanese jazz composer, working in France *

Toufic El Hajj Toufic El Hajj is a Lebanon international rugby league footballer who plays as a for the American University of Beirut in the Lebanon Rugby League Championship. Career El Hajj made his international debut for Lebanon in their 56-14 defeat by F ...

, Lebanon international rugby league footballer * Majid Toufic Arslan, titled Emir Majid Arslan (1908–1983), Lebanese Druze leader, politician, Mp and minister and head of the Arslan feudal Druze ruling family

Toufik

* Toufik Benedictus "Benny" Hinn (born 1952), Israeli-born Christian televangelist *

Toufik Benamokrane Toufik Benamokrane (born 22 March 1980 in Souk El-Thenine, Béjaïa Province) is an Algerian former football player. He played for the AS Khroub from 2011 to 2013, and retired at the end of the 2013 season. Club career In 2007, Benamokrane joine ...

(born 1980), Algerian footballer *

Toufik el-Hibri Sheikh Toufik El Hibri, (1869–1954) ( ar, توفيق الهبري) was one of the primary founders of the Scout movement in Lebanon, as well as one of the earliest promoters of the Scouting movement in the Arab world, while much of the region w ...

(1869–1954), Lebanese Muslim cleric, one of the primary founders of the Scout movement in Lebanon * Toufik Zerara (born 1986), Algerian footballer

Tefik

Tefik Mborja Tefik Selim Mborja (6 November 1891 – 1 July 1954) was an Albanian politician and lawyer. He served as the general secretary of the Albanian Fascist Party during the Second World War.Fischer, Bernd Jürgen. Albania at War: 1939-1945'. London: Hu ...

(1891–1954), Albanian politician and lawyer *

Tefik Osmani Tefik Osmani (born 8 June 1985) is an Albanian professional football official and a former centre-back. He is the sporting director for Albanian club Tirana. Club career Early career Osmani started his career with his local club Skënderbeu Ko ...

(born 1985), Albanian footballer

Tevfik

Tevfik Akbaşlı Tevfik Akbasli (born 1962) is a Turkish composer. Studies One of the most acknowledged 71 Turkish Composers, Akbasli is the son of businessman Samim Akbasli of Izmir. He spent his childhood and elementary school years in Yesilkoy, Istanbul until ...

(born 1962), Turkish composer *

Tevfik Altındağ Tevfik Altındağ (born 26 October 1988) is a German professional footballer of Turkish descent who plays as a midfielder for an amateur side Türkspor Neckarsulm. Career Born in Böblingen, West Germany, Altındağ began his career with SV Bö ...

(born 1988), Turkish footballer * Tevfik Başer (born 1951), Turkish-German film director and screenwriter *

Tevfik Esenç Tevfik Esenç (1904 – 7 October 1992) was a Turkish citizen of Circassian origin, known for being the last speaker of the Ubykh language. He was fluent in Ubykh, Adyghe and Turkish. After his death in 1992, the Ubykh language went extinct ...

(1904–1992), last known speaker of the Ubykh language *

Tevfik Fikret Tevfik Fikret ( ota, توفیق فكرت) was the pseudonym of Mehmed Tevfik (December 24, 1867 – August 19, 1915), an Ottoman-Turkish educator and poet, who is considered the founder of the modern school of Turkish poetry. Biography Fam ...

(1867–1915), Turkish poet *

Tevfik Gelenbe Tevfik Gelenbe (1931, Istanbul – 20 October 2004, Istanbul) was a well-known and prolific Turkish actor and comedian. He was born in Istanbul, Turkey. He is best known for his character "Bacı Kalfa" in the 1980s TV serial ''Uğurlugil Ailes ...

(1931–2004), Turkish actor * Tevfik Köse (born 1988), Turkish footballer *

Tevfik Kış Tevfik Kış (10 August 1934 – 4 September 2019 ) was a Turkish European, World and Olympic champion sports wrestler in the Light heavyweight class (87 kg) and a trainer. He won the gold medal in men's Greco-Roman wrestli ...

(born 1934), Turkish wrestler *

Tevfik Odabaşı Tevfik Odabasi (born November 20, 1981) is a freestyle wrestler from Turkey. He studied at Kırıkkale University. Wrestling career He participated in Men's freestyle 60 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where he was ranked in 15th place. In 2 ...

(born 1981), Turkish wrestler * Tevfik Rüştü Aras (1883–1972), Turkish politician

Tofig

Tofig Bakikhanov Tofig Ahmed-agha oglu Bakikhanov ( az, Tofiq Əhmədağa oğlu Bakıxanov) is a composer. He was awarded the title People's Artists of the Azerbaijan SSR (1990). Biography Tofig Bakikhanov, a descendant of Baku khans, was born on 8 December 1930 ...

, Azerbaijani composer * Tofig Guliyev (1917–2000), Azerbaijani composer, pianist, conductor *

Tofig Gasimov Tofig Gasimov Masim oglu ( az, Tofiq Qasımov Məsim oğlu;10 April 1938 – 29 January 2020) was an Azerbaijani politician and diplomat. Early life Gasimov was born in Leki village of Agdash Rayon, Azerbaijan. In 1945–1955, he studied in Ag ...

(1938–2020), Azerbaijani politician and diplomat *

Tofig Huseynzade Tofig Muhammad oglu Huseynzade ( az, Tofiq Məhəmməd oğlu Hüseynzadə; 20 September 1946 – 13 November 2006) also spelled as Tofiq Huseynzade was a philologist, folklorist, journalist and poet of Azerbaijan. He was a member of the Union ...

(1946–2006), Azerbaijani philologist, folklorist, journalist and poet *

Tofig Ismayilov (film director) Tofiq Ismayilov (6 April 1939 – 25 March 2016) was an Azerbaijani film director, screenwriter and film scholar. Ismayilov directed over 30 films, including documentaries and starred in several films. From 2007, he lectured in the Azerbaijani S ...

(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

Toufic

* Toufic Jaber *

Toufic Barbir Toufic Barbir ( ar, توفيق بربير) was a Lebanese footballer who played as an midfielder for DPHB and the Lebanon national team. Barbir took part in Lebanon's first international match against Mandatory Palestine Mandatory Palesti ...

Toufic H. Kalil House The Toufic H. Kalil House is a house museum in the North End neighborhood of Manchester, New Hampshire, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1955. The Usonian Automatic design of this house allowed Wright to meet the requirements of Dr. Toufic and ...

Toufic Maatouk Toufic Maatouk is an orchestra conductor, and currently Deputy Executive Director at the Abu Dhabi Festival and Abu Dhabi Music and Arts foundation, guest conductor of the Lebanese Philharmonic Orchestra, Artistic Director of Beirut Chants Inter ...

Toufic Ali Tawfiq Ali Abuhammad ( ar, توفيق علي; born 8 November 1989) is a Palestinian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Palestine national football team and Tarji Wadi Al-Nes in the West Bank Premier League. He received his first seni ...

Others

* Toufik Benedictus "Benny" Hinn (born 1952), Benny Hinn, Israeli Christian pastor and revivalist *

Tufi Duek Tufi Duek (born May 31, 1954, in Nilópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a Brazilian fashion designer and creator of the Triton and Forum (marketed outside Brazil as Tufi Duek) brands, which have an international following. Information Tufi Duek ha ...

(born 1954), Brazilian fashion designer * Taufeeq Umar (born 1981), Pakistani cricketer *

Servet Teufik Agaj Servet Teufik Agaj was an Albanian former football player who played for Skënderbeu Korçë during the 1930s, where he won the club's first ever Albanian Championship in 1933, a season in which he also finished as top scorer with 7 goals in 5 gam ...

, Albanian footballer * Taoufik Makhloufi (born 1988), Algerian track and field athlete

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Taoufik

Sami Taoufik Sami Worship Taoufik (born 27 February 2002) is a Spanish-born Moroccan racing driver. Career Early career Born in Barcelona and based in Spain, Taoufik began karting in 2007, at age of five, and claimed four Spanish Championship titles. He c ...

, Moroccan racing driver

Tawfik

* Abdel Nasser Tawfik (born 1967), Egyptian physicist *

Abdelaziz Tawfik Abdelaziz Tawfik Mohamed Hassan ( ar, عبد العزيز توفيق محمد حسن) (born 24 May 1986) is an Egyptian former footballer played as a midfielder. Tawfik played in the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Netherlands. He is t ...

(born 1986), Egyptian footballer *

Ahmed Tawfik Ahmed Tawfik ( ar, أحمد توفيق; born 1 October 1991), is an Egyptian footballer who plays for Egyptian Premier League side Pyramids, as a defensive midfielder. Club career Early career Ahmed Tawfik started his career at El Mansoura befo ...

, Egyptian footballer *

Ahmed Tawfik (basketball) Ahmed Tawfik ( ar, أحمد توفيق) (born November 5, 1987) is an Egyptian professional basketball player, currently with Sporting SC of the Egyptian Basketball Super League. He represented Egypt's national basketball team at the AfroBasket ...

(born 1987), Egyptian basketball player * Ahmed Khaled Tawfik (born 1962), Egyptian SF, horror and medical thriller writer *

Anwar Tawfik Anwar Tawfik (born 31 July 1914, date of death unknown) was an Egyptian fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil and team épée events at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 193 ...

(born 1914), Egyptian Olympic fencer * Ehab Tawfik (born 1966), Egyptian singer *

Hassan Hosni Tawfik Hassan Hosni Tawfik (7 November 1911 – 25 November 2005) was an Egyptian épée and foil fencer. He competed at the 1936, 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen ...

(1911–2005), Egyptian Olympic fencer

Tawfiq

Hisham Tawfiq Hisham Tawfiq (born May 17, 1970) is an American actor, best known for playing Dembe Zuma, part of the security detail and very close friend to Raymond "Red" Reddington in NBC's ''The Blacklist''. Early life Born in New York City, Tawfiq disco ...

(born 1970), American actor

Toufic

Jalal Toufic Jalal Toufic is a Lebanese artist, filmmaker, and author of various publications. Born to an Iraqi father and a Palestinian mother, he has lived in Lebanon for about seventeen years, and his work often reflects his heritage. He is co-publisher ...

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

Tewfik

* Samira Tewfik (born 1944), Lebanese singer

Taufiq

Pervez Taufiq Pervez Taufiq (born November 27, 1974 in Lowell, Massachusetts), is both the vocalist and primary songwriter for the hard rock band, Living syndication. Taufiq has been described as "a thinking man's musician" and is also a rhythm guitarist, per ...

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

Toufic

, Lebanese artist, filmmaker, and author * Walid Toufic, Lebanese singer and actor

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