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Mustafa
Origin
Pronunciation	Arabic: [ˈmusˤtˤafaː, musˤˈtˤafaː] Egyptian Arabic: [mosˈtˤɑfɑ] English: /mʊˈstɑːfə/ Turkish: [musˈtafa]
Gender	Male
Word/name	Arabic
Meaning	"The Chosen One" "المختار"
Region of origin	Muslim world
Other names
Alternative spelling	Mostafa, Mostapha, Moustafa, Moustapha, Mustapha, Mustafi

Mustafa (Arabic: مصطفى, romanized: Muṣṭafā) 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 the Muslim world.

Given name

Moustafa

Moustafa Amar, Egyptian musician and actor
Moustafa Bayoumi, American writer
Moustafa Chousein-Oglou, English actor
Moustafa Farroukh, Lebanese painter
Moustafa Madbouly, Prime Minister of Egypt
Moustafa Al-Qazwini, an Islamic Scholar and religious leader
Moustafa Reyadh, Egyptian football player
Moustafa Shakosh, Syrian football player
Moustafa Ahmed Shebto, Qatari athlete

Moustapha

Moustapha Akkad, Syrian American film producer
Moustapha Alassane, Nigerien filmmaker
Moustapha Agnidé, Beninese footballer
Moustapha Bokoum, Belgian footballer
Moustapha Lamrabat (born 1983), Moroccan-Flemish photographer
Moustapha Niasse, Senegalese politician and diplomat
Abdul Moustapha Ouedraogo, Ivorian footballer
Moustapha Bayal Sall, Senegalese footballer
Moustapha Salifou, Togolese footballer
Mustapha Cassiem, South African field hockey player

Mostafa

Mostafa Kamal (Bir Sreshtho), freedom fighter of Bangladesh Liberation War, awarded the highest recognition of bravery of Bangladesh, Bir Sreshtho.
Mostafa Matar (born 1995), Lebanese footballer

Mustafa

Mustafa I, Mustafa II, Mustafa III, and Mustafa IV, Sultans of the Ottoman Empire
Mustafa Abdul-Hamid, American basketball player
Mustafa Abi, Turkish basketball player
Mustafa Ali, American wrestler
Mustafa Abubakar (born 1949), Indonesian politician
Mustafa Adrisi, vice-president of Uganda from 1978 to 1979
Mustafa Afridi, a Pakistani television screenwriter
Mustafa Ahmed, spoken word poet from Canada
Mustafa Amini, Australian association footballer of Afghani descent

Mustafa Altıoklar, Turkish film director
Mustafa Akaydın, Turkish politician
Mustafa Akıncı, Turkish Cypriot Politician
Mustafa Ali, Pakistani wrestler who joined WWE
Mustafa Arslanović, Bosnian footballer
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of modern Turkey
Mustafa Aydın, Turkish academic
Mustafa Badreddine, Hezbollah militant
Mustafa Barzani, Kurdish nationalist
Mustafa Cengiz (1949–2021), Turkish businessman and former president of the sports club Galatasaray S.K.
Mustafa Cevahir, Turkish footballer
Mustafa Chokaev, nationalist from Turkestan
Mustafa Çağrıcı, Turkish civil servant
Mustafa Çakır (born 1986), Turkish yacht racer
Mustafa Denizli, Turkish football coach
Mustafa Erdik (born 1948), Turkish earthquake engineer
Mustafa Fahmi Pasha, Egyptian politician
Mustafa Güzelgöz (1921–2005), Turkish librarian
Mustafa Hadid, Afghan footballer
Mustafa Hassan, Iraqi footballer
Mustafa al-Hawsawi, Saudi financer of the September 11 attacks
Mustafa Hukić, Bosnian footballer
Mustafa İsmet İnönü, Turkish Army general, Prime Minister, President
Mustafa Abdul Jalil (born 1952), Libyan politician
Mustafa al-Kadhimi, Iraqi Prime Minister
Ghulam Mustafa Khan, scholar
Mustafa Kamal (mayor) (born 1971), District City Nazim (Mayor) of Karachi
Mustafa Kamal (judge), Chief Justice of Bangladesh
Mustafa Kamal (politician), Bangladeshi politician, cricket official, and businessman
Mustafa Karim, Iraqi footballer
Mustafa Kocabey, Turkish footballer
Mustafa Korkmaz (born 1988), Dutch wheelchair basketball player of Turkish descent
Mustafa Kučuković, German footballer
Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi, Pakistani statesman
Mustafa Mahmud, Egyptian scientist
Mustafa Malayekah, Saudi Arabian footballer
Mustafa Merlika-Kruja, (1887–1958), Albanian Prime Minister
Mustafa Nadarević, Bosnian actor
Mustafa Nayyem, Afghan-Ukrainian journalist
Mustafa Özkan, Turkish footballer
Mustafa Pasha, Georgian noble
Mustafa Pektemek, Turkish footballer
Mustafa Qureshi, Pakistani actor
Mustafa Rahi, Pakistani poet
Mustafa Sandal, Europe-known Turkish singer-composer
Mustafa Sarp, Turkish footballer
Mustafa Shahabi, Syrian agronomist
Mustafa Shaikh, Indian cricketer
Mustafa Shokay, Kazakhstani political activist
Mustafa Şentop (born 1968), Turkish politician and 29th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (2019–2023)
Mustafa Tuna (born 1957), Turkish environmental engineer, politician and Mayor of Ankara
Mustafa Yılmaz (chess player) (born 1992), Turkish Grand Master of chess
Mustafa Yumlu, Turkish footballer
Mustafa Wahba, Saudi politician
Mustafa Zahid, Pakistani singer
Mustafa Zaidi, Pakistani poet
Mustafa Pasha (disambiguation), various people
Nur Mustafa Gülen (born 1960), Turkish footballer and coach

Mustafah

Mustafah Muhammad, American footballer

Mustapa

Mustapa Mohamed, Malaysian politician

Mustapha

Mustapha Aga, Ottoman Empire ambassador to the Swedish Court
Mustapha Chadili, Moroccan football goalkeeper
Mustapha Dahleb, Algerian footballer
Mustapha Djazaïri, Algerian resistant
Mustapha Hadji, Moroccan footballer
Mustapha Harun, Sabahan 1st governor and 3rd chief minister
Mustapha Ishak Boushaki, Algerian cosmologist
Mustapha Karkouti, Syrian journalist
Mustapha Kartali, Islamist guerrilla leader
Mustapha Khalfi, Moroccan basketball player
Mustapha Labsi, Algerian arrested on terrorism charges
Mustapha Larfaoui, Algerian athlete
Mustapha Matura, Trinidadian playwright
Mustapha Sama, Sierra Leonean soccer player

Surname

Mostafa

Amr Mostafa, Egyptian singer and composer
Ahmed Mostafa (footballer, born 1987), Egyptian footballer
Ahmed Mostafa (footballer, born 1940), Egyptian footballer
Hassan Mostafa, Egyptian footballer
Tarek Mostafa, Egyptian footballer

Moustafa

Hisham Talaat Moustafa, Egyptian businessman
Ibrahim Moustafa, Egyptian wrestler
Tamer Moustafa, Egyptian basketball player

Moustapha

Baba Moustapha, Chadian playwright
Hamadou Moustapha, Cameroonian politician

Mustafa

Nawshirwan Mustafa, Kurdish politician
Abu Mustafa (1925–1966), Pakistani cricketer
Abu Ali Mustafa, Palestinian politician
Allan Mustafa (born 1985), British actor and comedian
Domenico Mustafà, Italian singer and composer
Erkan Mustafa (born 1970), British actor
Fazil Mustafa (born 1965), Azerbaijani politician
Herro Mustafa (born 1973), American diplomat
Isaiah Mustafa (born 1974), American actor
Ismail Isa Mustafa, Bulgarian footballer
Kara Mustafa, Ottoman Albanian military leader and Vizier in the 17th century, led the 1683 siege of Vienna
Melton Mustafa, American jazz musician and educator
Mohamed Mustafa (born 1996), Sudanese footballer
Mustafa Mustafa, Greek politician
Rahma El Siddig Mustafa, Sudanese disability rights activist
Şehzade Mustafa (1515–1553), Turkish şehzade (prince)
Shukri Mustafa, Egyptian Islamist
Shkodran Mustafi, German footballer

Mustapha

Boss Mustapha, Nigerian lawyer and politician
J. F. O. Mustapha, Ghanaian physician and academic
Joseph Mustapha, Sierra Leonean politician and lawyer
Malik Mustapha, American football player
Riga Mustapha, Ghanaian-born Dutch footballer
Shettima Mustapha, Nigerian academic and politician

Given name

Moustafa

Moustapha

Mostafa

Mustafa

Mustafah

Mustapa

Mustapha

Surname

Mostafa

Moustafa

Moustapha

Mustafa

Mustapha

See also