shawkat

Shawkat (variations include Shaukat, Shavkat, or Şevket; {{langx|ar|شَوْكَت}}) is a masculine Arabic given name and surname.{{cite web|author=Sultan Qaboos Encyclopedia of Arab Names|date=1985|journal=Arabic Lexicon|title=شَوْكَت|url=http://arabiclexicon.hawramani.com/%d8%b4%d9%8e%d9%88%d9%92%d9%83%d9%8e%d8%aa/?book=49#d66050}} It derives from the word ("شَوْكة" which means "Might" or "Strength"{{cite web|author=Sultan Qaboos Encyclopedia of Arab Names|date=1985|journal=Arabic Lexicon|title=شَوْكة|url=http://arabiclexicon.hawramani.com/%d8%b4%d9%8e%d9%88%d9%92%d9%83%d8%a9/?book=49}}) and itself is derived from the word ("شَوْك" which means "Thorns"). Notable people with the name include:

• Alia Shawkat, American actress best known from her role in the television series Arrested Development
• Assef Shawkat, head of Syria's military intelligence
• Naji Shawkat, Iraqi politician and cabinet member who served as prime minister from November 3, 1932 to March 18, 1933
• Shawkat Ali (1918–1975), Bengali politician, leader of Bengali Language Movement
• Shawkat Ali, politician and deputy speaker of Bangladesh
• Shawkat Ali, novelist from Bangladesh
• Shawkat Osman, Bangladeshi novelist and short story writer
• Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh, Jordanian politician and judge, Prime Minister of Jordan from October 2011 to April 2012, vice-President of the International Court of Justice
• Shaukat Dukanwala, UAE cricketer
• Shaukat Aziz (born 1949), Prime Minister of Pakistan 2004–2007
• Shaukat Hameed Khan, Pakistani nuclear physicist and former director of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)
• Syed Shaukat Hussain Rizvi, Indian director and producer
• Maulana Shaukat Ali, Indian Muslim nationalist
• Major General Shaukat Sultan, Pakistani former director general of Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR)
• Shaukat Hayat Khan (1915–1998), Punjabi politician, military officer, and Pakistan Movement activist
• Sardar Shaukat Hussein Khan Mazari, Pakistani politician