The name is derived from the Arabic root: waaw-faa-qaaf (و-ف-ق), which means to agree or to reconcile.
A spelling of Tewfik or Toufic is used more among French speakers.
Taoufik and Toufic are common in North Africa (Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria).
Thoufeeque, Thoufeeq and Thoufeek are common in India.
A phonetically similar Jewish name is Tovik or Tuvik (תוביק), a Yiddish diminutive of the Biblical Hebrew name Toviyah, which led to the Greek equivalent Tobias (Τοβίας).