Tariq
/ TAH-rik /
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- 🇲🇦 Morocco
- Religion
- Islam
- First Seen
- —
- Trait
- Courageous
Meaning & Etymology
Morning star; the one who knocks at the door.
Tariq ibn Ziyad, the Berber commander who crossed into Iberia in 711, gave his name to Gibraltar (Jabal Tariq, “Mount of Tariq”).
Famous People
Tariq ibn Ziyad
Military · Morocco · b. 670
Berber general who led the Umayyad conquest of the Iberian Peninsula.