Mustafa

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Mustafa is a common male given name of Arabic origin, widely used across the Muslim world and often associated with the Prophet Muhammad as an honorific meaning "the chosen one."

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Mustafa canonical 22
Al-Mustafa 2
Mostafa 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arabic given name
given name
male given name
theophoric name
associatedWith Prophet Muhammad
linked to: Muhammad
category Arabic masculine given names
Islamic given names
Turkish masculine given names
etymologyRoot Arabic verb اصطفى (isṭafā)
frequency common in Muslim-majority countries
gender masculine
hasCulturalSignificance name honoring the Prophet Muhammad
hasDiminutiveOrNickname Mus
Musa (in some cultures)
Musti
hasFeminineForm Mustafa (rare or culturally atypical as feminine)
hasReligiousTitleForm Al-Mustafa
linked to: Mustafa
honorificFor Prophet Muhammad
linked to: Muhammad
languageOfOrigin Arabic
meaning chosen
the chosen one
nameType personal name
religiousContext Islam
script Arabic script
shortFormOf Al-Mustafa
linked to: Mustafa
transliterationSystem ALA-LC
DIN 31635
usageRegion Balkans
East Africa
Middle East
North Africa
South Asia
Southeast Asia
Turkey
usedAs first name
middle name
usedByCommunity Muslims
variantSpelling Mostafa
linked to: Moustafà

Moustafa
linked to: Moustafà

Mustapha

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mustafa Suleyman hasGivenName Mustafa
subject linked to: Suleyman
Mustapha isVariantOf Mustafa
Mostapha isVariantOf Mustafa
Moustafà isVariantOf Mustafa
Moustafà isRelatedName Mustafa
Mustafa Mashhur givenName Mustafa
Lala Mustafa Pasha givenName Mustafa
Mostafa Khomeini givenName Mostafa
linked to: Mustafa
Mustafa Tlass givenName Mustafa
subject linked to: Tlass
Mustafa Sabri givenName Mustafa
Mustafa Mughniyeh givenName Mustafa
Isaiah Mustafa familyName Mustafa
Mustafa Barzani givenName Mustafa
Mustafa I givenName Mustafa
Mustafa shortFormOf Al-Mustafa
linked to: Mustafa
Mustafa hasReligiousTitleForm Al-Mustafa
linked to: Mustafa