Mustafa
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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
via Wikipedia infobox
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 sectionsContents
- 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
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