Mustafa

  • [ moos-TAH-fah (Turkish) ]
  • Arabic, Turkish
Means "the chosen one" in Arabic, an epithet of Muhammad. This was the name of four Ottoman sultans. Another famous bearer was Mustafa Kemal (1881-1938), also known as Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey.

EQUIVALENTS
ARABIC: Mostafa, Mustafa, Mustapha
TURKISH: Mustafa
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
BOSNIAN: Mujo