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Also known as Mustafa (given name), Mustafa (first name)

Mustafa () is one of the names of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the name means "chosen, selected, appointed, preferred", used as an Arabic given name and surname. Mustafa is a common name in Muslim-majority countries.

Key facts

Given name.name
Mustafa
Given name.gender
Male
Given name.meaning
"The Chosen One" "المختار"
Given name.region
Arabia
Given name.origin
Arabic
Given name.alternative spelling
Mostafa, Mostapha, Moustafa, Moustapha, Mustapha, Mustafi

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
male given name
Named after
Muhammad
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different from
Mustafa
native label
Mustafa
language of work or name
Turkish
writing system
Latin script
Soundex
M231
Cologne phonetics
6823
Caverphone
MSTF11
Commons category
Mustafa (given name)
described by source
Wiktionary

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Encyclopedic overview

16 sections
Contents
  • Given name
  • Moustafa
  • Moustapha
  • Mostafa
  • Mustafa
  • Mustafah
  • Mustapa
  • Mustapha
  • Surname
  • Mostafa
  • Moustafa
  • Moustapha
  • Mustafa
  • Mustapha
  • See also
  • References

Mustafa () is one of the names of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the name means "chosen, selected, appointed, preferred", used as an Arabic given name and surname. Mustafa is a common name in Muslim-majority countries.

==Given name== ===Moustafa=== Moustafa Ali (1965–2025), Egyptian–Canadian Canadian football player Moustafa Amar (born 1966), Egyptian musician and actor Moustafa Bayoumi (born 1966), American writer, journalist, and professor Moustafa Farroukh (1901–1957), Lebanese painter Moustafa Al-Qazwini (born 1961), Iraqi-American imam, religious leader, and scholar Moustafa Reyadh (1941–2026), Egyptian footballer Moustafa Shakosh (born 1986), Syrian footballer Moustafa Ahmed Shebto (born 1986), Qatari long-distance runner

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mustafa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.