Rafiq or Rafique (Arabic: رفیق), meaning "intimate friend", "companion", and "comrade", is an Arabic masculine given name and surname also used in several other languages. Notable people with the name include:
Constituent of compound name
- Rafiqul Islam (disambiguation)
- Mohammad Rafiq (disambiguation), several people
Given name
- Rafiq Uddin Ahmed (1926–1952), demonstrator killed during Bengali Language Movement
- Rafiquddin Ahmad (1932–2013), chairman of Bangladesh Engineering and Shipbuilding Corporation
- Rafiq Azad (born 1943), Bengali poet
- Rafiq Bhatia (born 1987), American musician
- Rafiq Sabir (born 1950), Kurdish poet
- Rafiq Shahadah (born 1956), Syrian military officer
- Rafiq Tağı (1950–2011), Azerbaijani journalist
- Rafiq Zakaria (1920–2005), Indian politician
Surname
- Azeem Rafiq (born 1991), English cricketer
- Bilal Rafiq (born 1985), Pakistani footballer
Other
- Rafiq or companion, a title in the hierarchy of the Nizari Ismailis of Alamut period
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