Means "he who knocks at the door" in Arabic. 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. Tariq is an Arabic name, derived from the Arabic word "tariq", which literally means "he who pounds the door at night".
Tariq Related Names Variants: Tarek, Tarik Other Languages: Tarik (Bosnian), Tarık (Turkish)