Tawfik (given name)
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Tawfik (Arabic: توفيق) is an Arabic name given to males. The Hebrew equivalent for male given name is (Hebrew: תוביק) Tovik or Tuvik. Both names are derived from the ancient Semitic root T-F-K meaning "good", "success", "God is good with you", "reconciliation", "good fortune" or "fortunate". It is also possible to be used as a surname. It has a lot of spelling variations some of them are Toufic, Toufik, Toufick, Tofik, Tofic, Tofick, Tovik, Tovic, Tovick, Touvik, Toviq, Tufic, Tufik, Tufick, Tuvik, Tuvic, Tuvick, Tuviq, Taufic, Taufik, Taufick, Tawfiq, Tawfik, Tawfic, Tawfick, Tevfik, Tewfik, Teufik, Taufeeq and Tefik. The name is similar in meaning to "Tobias".
[edit] Given name
- Toufik Benedictus "Benny" Hinn
- Taufic Guarch
- Joseph Toufik Merhi
- Walid Toufic
- Ehab Tawfik
- Tufi Duek
- Toufik Zerara
- Tawfik Toubi
- Jalal Toufic
- Toufic Farroukh
- L’Emir Mageed Toufic Arslan
- Toufic Ali
- Tefik Osmani
- Tawfiq Canaan
- Tovik Liberman
- Tuvik Beker
- Taufik Hidayat
- Taufik Batisah
- Taufik Irfan
- Taufik Ismail
- Taufik Akbar
- Tefik Mborja
- Taufeeq Umar
- Tawfik Abu al-Huda
- Tawfik Alolo
- Tawfik Hamid
- Tawfik Jaber
- Tawfik Khatib (born 1954), a former Israeli Arab politician who served as a member of the Knesset
- Tawfik Toubi (born 1922), a retired Israeli Arab communist politician
- Toufik Benamokrane
- Tawfiq Bay
- Tawfiq Canaan
- Tawfiq el-Hakim
- Tawfiq Il-Nimri
- Tawfiq al-Suwaidi
- Tawfiq Ziad
- Tawfiq Talhouni
- Tewfik Pasha
- Taufiq Wahby
- Taufiq Qureshi
- Taufiq Kiemas
- Taufiq Ahmed
- Taufiq Ismail
- Ahmed Tewfik El Madani (1899–1983), an 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
- Port Tewfik Memorial (Indian War Memorial) was originally situated at Port Tewfik on the Suez Canal
- Tewfik Abdullah (born 1896), an Egyptian football player
- Tewfik Allal (born 1947), a Moroccan writer and a prominent political figure
- Tewfik Pasha (Tawfiq of Egypt) (1852–1892), Khedive of Egypt and Sudan between 1879 and 1892
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- Abdel Nasser Tawfik (born 1967), an Egyptian physicist
- Abdelaziz Tawfik (born 1986), an Egyptian footballer
- Ahmed Tawfik, an Egyptian footballer
- Anwar Tawfik (born 1914), an Egyptian Olympic fencer
- Ehab Tawfik, (born 1966), a famous Egyptian singer
- Hassan Hosni Tawfik (born 1911), an Egyptian Olympic fencer
- Pervez Taufiq