- Meaning
- Night visitor; the morning star
- Arabic
- طارق
- Say it
- TAA-riq
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- In the Quran
- The word is in the Quran, Surah At-Tariq (86:1)
About the meaning
Surah 86 opens with an oath by al-Tariq, which it explains as the piercing star (86:1 to 3).
Famous people with this name
- Tariq ibn Ziyad, who crossed to Spain in 711; Gibraltar, Jabal Tariq, is named after him
Other spellings
Tarek, Tarik, Tareq
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Questions about Tariq
What does Tariq mean?
Tariq means: Night visitor; the morning star. Surah 86 opens with an oath by al-Tariq, which it explains as the piercing star (86:1 to 3).
Is Tariq in the Quran?
Not as a person’s name, but the word is in the Quran, in Surah At-Tariq (86:1).
Is Tariq a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Tariq is a boy’s name.
How do you write Tariq in Arabic?
In Arabic script, Tariq is written طارق.