71%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Arabic, Urdu Scripts طارق(Arabic, Urdu) Pronounced Pron. /ˈtˤaː.riq/(Arabic) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Means "visitor, knocker at the door" in Arabic, from طرق (ṭaraqa) meaning "to knock" [1]. This is the Arabic name of the morning star. Tariq ibn Ziyad was the Islamic general who conquered Spain for the Umayyad Caliphate in the 8th century. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantsTarek, Tareq, Tarik(Arabic) Other Languages & CulturesTarik(Bosnian) Tarık(Turkish) PopularityDetails Last ranked #878 in 2011 England and Wales Last ranked #870 in 2004 United States People think this name isRate·Details classic mature formal wholesome strong strange serious Categories actions, celestial, currently out of the US top 1000, Genshin Impact characters, history, isograms, morning, morning star, personifications, stars, Venus, warriors Sources & References Wehr, Hans. A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic. Spoken Language Services, 1979, page 653.