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 [ 3 syll. mus-ta-fa, mu-st-afa ] The boy name Mustafa is pronounced MuwSTAAFah KEY. Mustafa's language of origin is Arabic. It is predominantly used in Arabic, Iranian, and Turkish. Derived literally from the word mustafa which is of the meaning 'chosen'. The name was borne as one of the many titles of the prophet Muhammad, and thus has been popular within the Muslim community. A form of Mustafa is the Arabic, Iranian, and Turkish Mostafa. Mustafa is an unusual baby boy name. Its usage peaked in 2002 with 0.008% of baby boys being named Mustafa. It had a ranking of #944 then. The baby name has experienced a drop in frequency since then, and is currently used only on a very modest scale. Among all boy names in its family, Mustafa was nevertheless the most commonly used in 2008. A baby name that sounds like Mustafa is the Arabic, Iranian, and Turkish Mostafa. A famous person named Mustafa is Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Politician, born 12 March 1881 - 10 November 1938. KEY: English pronunciation for Mustafa: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
