Given name & surname · also Turkish
Tevfik
Tevfik is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Turkish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Tevfik comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Arabic.
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How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish توفیق, from Arabic تَوْفِيق; its root is Arabic و ف ق.
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Tevfik’s family of names
In Greek usage, Tevfik as a surname is a transliteration of Τεβφίκ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Tevfik
- Taoufik MakhloufiAlgerian track and field athleteborn 1988
- Tevfik EsençTurkish statesperson (1904–1992)1906–1992
- Tevfik FikretOttoman poet (1867-1915)
- Tevfik KışTurkish wrestler (1934–2019)
- Tevfik Rüştü ArasTurkish statesperson (1883–1972)
- Tevfik KöseTurkish association football player (born 1988)
- Ebüzziya TevfikTurkish writer, journalist (1849-1913)
- Tevfik BaşerTurkish film director and screenwriter (born 1951)
- Neyzen TevfikTurkish musician and poet (1879–1953)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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