Tariq

Tariq (طارق) is an Arabic word and given name.

Etymology
The word is derived from the Arabic verb, (ṭaraqa), meaning "to strike", and into the agentive conjugated doer form , (ṭāriq), meaning "striker". It became popular as a name after Tariq ibn Ziyad, a Muslim military leader who conquered Iberia in the Battle of Guadalete in 711 AD.

In literature and placenames
Ṭariq is used in classical Arabic to refer to a visitor at night (a visitor "strikes" the house door). Due to the heat of travel in the Arabian Peninsula, visitors would generally arrive at night.

The use of the word appears in several places including the Quran, where ṭāriq is used to refer to the brilliant star at night, because it comes out visiting at night, and this is the common understanding of the word nowadays due to the Qur'an.

It can also be found in many poems. For example, from the famous poets Imru' al-Qais and Jarir ibn Atiyah.

Gibraltar is the Spanish derivation of the Arabic name Jabal Aṭtāriq (جبل طارق), meaning "Mountain of Tariq".

Tarek

 * Tarek Zeidan (born 1979), Lebanese Architect and academic
 * Tarek El Ali (born 1986), Lebanese footballer
 * Tarek Al Eryan (born 1963), Palestinian-American film director
 * Tarek Al-Wazir (born 1971), German politician
 * Tarek Ali Abdullah Ahmed Baada (born 1976), Yemeni extrajudicial prisoner of the United States
 * Tarek Ali Hassan (born 1937), Egyptian writer
 * Tarek Amer (born 1989), Egyptian footballer
 * Tarek bin Laden (born 1947), Saudi Arabian businessperson
 * Tarek Boukensa (born 1981), Algerian runner
 * Tarek Boudali (born 1979), Moroccan French actor and director
 * Tarek Dergoul (born 1977), British extrajudicial prisoner of the United States
 * Tarek El-Said (born 1978), Egyptian footballer
 * Tarek El-Telmissany (born 1950), Egyptian cinematographer
 * Tarek Elrich (born 1987), Australian soccer player
 * Tarek Elsetouhi, Egyptian bodybuilder
 * Tarek Fatah (born 1949), Canadian political activist
 * Tarek Hadj Adlane (born 1965), Algerian footballer
 * Tarek Heggy (born 1950), Egyptian writer
 * Tarek Jabban (born 1975), Syrian footballer
 * Tarek Kamel, Egyptian politician
 * Tarek Lazizi (born 1971), Algerian footballer
 * Tarek Mostafa (born 1971), Egyptian footballer
 * Tarek Saab, Lebanese-Venezuelan politician
 * Tarek Shahin (born 1982), Egyptian cartoonist
 * Tarek Shawki (born 1957), Egyptian engineer
 * Tarek Thabet (born 1971), Tunisian footballer
 * Tarek Yehia (born 1961), Egyptian footballer
 * Tarek El Moussa (born 1982), American TV host

Tarick, Tarık, Tarik

 * Tarick Salmaci, American boxer who featured on the TV show The Contender
 * Tarık Akan, Turkish film actor
 * Tarık Akıltopu, Turkish architect
 * Tarik Black, American NBA player
 * Tarik Carson, Uruguayan-Argentine writer and painter
 * Tarik Cerić, Bosnian footballer
 * Tarik Cohen, American football player
 * Tarık Daşgün, Turkish footballer
 * Tarik Elyounoussi (born 1988), Norwegian footballer
 * Tarik Ergin, American actor who played the part of Lieutenant Ayala in Star Trek: Voyager
 * Tarik Filipović, Croatian TV presenter and actor of Bosniak descent
 * Tarik Khan, American politician
 * Tarik Glenn, American football player
 * Tarik "Rvssian" Johnston, Jamaican music producer
 * Tarik O'Regan, British composer living in New York City, USA
 * Tarik Phillip (born 1993), British-American basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
 * Tarik Samarah, Bosnian photographer who works in artistic and documentary photography
 * Tarik Skubal, American baseball player
 * Tarik Sektioui, Moroccan footballer
 * Tarik Sulayman, Muslim Filipino military leader

Tareq, Tariq

 * Lord Tariq, American rap artist who had collaborations with Peter Gunz
 * Tareq Abboushi, Palestinian-American musician and composer
 * Tareq Al-Suwaidan, Kuwaiti intellectual, entrepreneur, Islamic scholar and reformer
 * Tariq Abdul-Wahad, French NBA basketball player formerly known as Olivier Saint-Jean
 * Tariq Ali, British-Pakistani writer and film-maker
 * Tariq Anwar (film editor), Indian-born British-American film editor
 * Tariq Anwar (politician), Indian politician
 * Tariq Aziz, former Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq under Saddam Hussein
 * Tariq Carpenter (born 1998), American football player
 * Tariq Castro-Fields (born 1999), American football player
 * Tariq "Corn Kid", American child influencer whose 2022 interview with Recess Therapy was remixed into a song by the Gregory Brothers titled "It's Corn"
 * Tariq Devega, better known as ASAP Nast, American rapper, songwriter and model
 * Tariq Hanna, Nigerian-born American pastry chef featured on Food Network
 * Tariq Hussain (musician), Canadian musician
 * Tariq Jakobsen, Danish graphic design artist and illustrator
 * Tariq Lamptey (born 2000), English footballer
 * Tariq Jameel, Pakistani Islamic scholar with Tablighi Jamaat
 * Tariq Monteiro, better known as Suspect or Sus, British rapper
 * Tariq Nasheed, American internet personality
 * Tariq Kerr, British public sector manager
 * Tariq Ramadan, Swiss academic and Islamic theologian
 * Tariq Sims, Australian NRL player
 * Tariq Spezie, Spanish football player
 * Tariq Trotter, lead artist from the rap group The Roots
 * Tariq Woolen (born 1999), American football player
 * Tariq ibn-Ziyad, one of the Berber conquerors of the Iberian Peninsula in 711

Tarec

 * Tarééc, German singer of Lebanese-Palestinian origin (real name Tarek Hussein)
 * Tarec Saffiedine, Belgian martial artist

Surname

 * Kashmala Tariq, Pakistani politician
 * Shahbaz Tariq, Norwegian politician
 * Shazia Tariq, Pakistani politician

Fictional characters

 * Tariq, a character played by Kaysar Miah in the British web series Corner Shop Show
 * Tarik the Ax Battler, one of the main characters of the Golden Axe video game franchise