Tarek

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Synonym of pearl mullet

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/tɑɹɛk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Tarek is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Egypt than in any other country, where it is the 54th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • TNTunisia≈1 in 639(inferred from the name graph)
  • EGEgypt≈1 in 657
  • DZAlgeria≈1 in 1.2K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Egypt (inferred from the name graph)

≈160,000 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
335 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 639 (inferred from the name graph)

Tunisia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

TarekLatin(measured from records)
ΤαρεκGreek(measured from records)

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Synonym of pearl mullet.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Tarek counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Tarek is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
EG Egypt#54≈160,000 est.≈1 in 657—Tarek195
DZ Algeria#67≈34,000 est.≈1 in 1.2K—Tarek86
TN Tunisia#23≈18,000 est.≈1 in 6391.7KTarek101
SY Syria#197≈15,000 est.≈1 in 1.3K—Tarek65
SA Saudi Arabia#284≈14,000 est.≈1 in 2.5K—Tarek129
AE United Arab Emirates#107≈6,100 est.≈1 in 1.6K—Tarek137
US United States—3,8711 in 86K3.9KTarek335

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INS Tunisia — Les prénoms des nouveau-nés les plus populaires (2022). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Tarek is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name53 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, Australia, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Ta-Rek, Ta'Rek, Tàrek, Târëk, Tàrèk

  • Arabic given name175 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Bangladesh, Iraq, Syria

    Languages: Arabic, Bangla, English

    Also written Tareq, Tareque, তারেক, Tãrêq, Tärëq

  • Spanish given name99 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Spain, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Tárek, Tarék, Tàrék, Târêk, Tãręk

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Tárek, Tarék

  • Hindi given name16 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Tãrek, Tàrèk, Ţarek, Tãrëk, Tàrék

  • Danish given name22 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, United States

    Languages: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian

    Also written Tarěķ, Târëk, Ťąṝëk, Ťařëķ, Tãręk

  • Polish given name99 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland, United States, Czechia, Slovakia

    Languages: Polish, Czech, Slovak

    Also written Tàrék, Țặřěk, Ťaŕék, Ťărěk, Târêk

53 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Tarek is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Swedish, Tarek (m.fl. former) är ett arabiskt namn som innehåller ett ord som betyder ’den som knackar på dörren; gäst på natten’. En känd svensk namnbärare är tv-kocken Tareq Taylor (f. 1969).

    as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

  • In German, ) Tarik; Tariq: im 20. Jh. entlehn­ ter männl. Vom. arabischen Ursprungs (arab. täriq »der an die Tür klopft, nächtlicher

    as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

  • In zlm, drawing (towards oneself or after oneself); to pull

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In Malay, obsolete spelling of tarik

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Polish, genitive plural of tarka

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

196019802000Tarek William Saab, b. 1962Tarek Kamel, b. 1962Tarek Al-Wazir, b. 1971Tareck El Aissami, b. 1974Tarek Boudali, b. 1979Tarek Hamed, b. 1988Taz Skylar Van Damme, b. 1995Tarek Salman, b. 1997

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

Informalمرحباً Tarek،Hi Tarek, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 78 sources across 40 countries.

Reference works 8

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Tarek mean, and where does it come from?
Synonym of pearl mullet. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
What are other forms of the name Tarek?
In the etymology graph, Tariq, Tarik and Tarık are forms of the same name in other languages.
How do you pronounce Tarek?
A machine transcription gives /tɑɹɛk/ (IPA) for Arabic.
Is Tarek a male or female name?
Tarek is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Tarek have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 159 thousand people named Tarek in Egypt, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled tarek.
How common is the name Tarek?
In the United States, the national register counted 3,871 people named Tarek in 2020, about 1 in 86 thousand residents.
How common is Tarek compared with other names?
In Egypt, Tarek is the 54th most common given name of 107,792 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Tarek” — the 54th most common given name in Egypt. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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