Tariq

\ta.ʁik\♂French boy's name

A French boy's name of Arabic origin.

At a glance

GenderMasculine
OriginArabic
Pronunciation\ta.ʁik\

Origin and meaning

Borrowed from Arabic طَارِق (ṭāriq, “messenger, nocturnal visitor, or morning star”), from طَرَقَ (ṭaraqa, “to knock, to rap”).

Where it is mostly given

  • Kazakhstan/Uzbekistan,etc.
  • Arabia/Persia

Source: Wiktionnaire (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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