Mustafa Explained
| Mustafa |
| Pronunciation: | pronounced as /ar/
mosˈtˤɑfɑ/
in Turkish musˈtafa/ |
| Gender: | Male |
| Meaning: | "The Chosen One" "المختار" |
| Region: | Arabia |
| Origin: | Arabic |
| Alternative Spelling: | Mostafa, Mostapha, Moustafa, Moustapha, Mustapha, Mustafi |
Mustafa (Arabic: مصطفى
|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
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
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, American wrestler
- Mustafa Armağan, Turkish Islamist journalist and conspiracy theorist
- Mustafa Arslanović, Bosnian footballer
- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of modern Turkey
- Mustafa Aydın, Turkish academic
- Mustafa Badreddine, Hezbollah militant
- Mustafa Barzani, Kurdish nationalist
- Mustafa Bey Alibeyov (1872–1945), Azerbaijani publicist
- Mustafa bey Vakilov (1896–1965), Azerbaijani politician
- Mustafa Bülent Ecevit, 16th Prime Minister of Turkey
- 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 Fevzi Çakmak, Turkish military officer
- 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 Suphi, Turkish communist leader
- Mustafa Topchubashov (1895–1981), Azerbaijani surgeon
- 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
Mustapa
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
Moustafa
Moustapha
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
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