Mustafa

Gender Masculine
Usage Arabic, Turkish, Bosnian, Urdu, Kazakh, Indonesian, Malay
Scripts مصطفى(Arabic) مصطفی(Urdu) Мұстафа(Kazakh)
Pronounced Pron. /ˈmusˤ.tˤa.faː/(Arabic) /mus.ta.ˈfa/(Turkish)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Means "chosen" in Arabic, derived from اصطفا (iṣṭafā) meaning "to choose". This is an epithet of the Prophet Muhammad. It was borne by four Ottoman sultans. Another famous bearer was Mustafa Kemal (1881-1938), also known as Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey.

Related Names

Rootiṣṭafā
VariantsMostafa, Moustafa, Mustapha(Arabic)
DiminutiveMujo(Bosnian)
Other Languages & CulturesMostafa, Mostofa(Bengali) Mistefa(Kurdish) Mostafa(Persian) Mustafo(Tajik) Mustafo(Uzbek) Moustapha(Western African)
Surname DescendantsMostafa, Mustafa(Arabic) Mustafa(Urdu)

Popularity

People think this name is

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Entry updated October 6, 2024