Mústafa

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Mústafa is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country, where it is the 4th most common given name. Recorded meaning: From Arabic مُصْطَفَى (muṣṭafā, “the chosen one”).

rarermore common
  • TRTürkiye1 in 78(measured from records)
  • CYCyprus≈1 in 135
  • SYSyria≈1 in 232

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Türkiye (measured from records)

1,057,634 people, 2025

#98 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

5 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
331 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 78 (inferred from the name graph)

Türkiye

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

MústafaLatin(measured from records)
МустафаCyrillic(measured from records)
ΜουσταφαGreek(measured from records)
มุสตอฟาThai(measured from records)
무스타파Hangul(measured from records)

4 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Mustafa in TR Türkiye, SY Syria, DE Germany and 5 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From Arabic مُصْطَفَى (muṣṭafā, “the chosen one”).

Sources 11

  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…
  • Muslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman

Attested across 27 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Mústafa counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Mústafa is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TR Türkiye#41,057,6341 in 781.1MMustafa216
EG Egypt#75≈91,000 est.≈1 in 1.1KlistedMustafa172
SY Syria#10≈84,000 est.≈1 in 232—Mustafa58
NG Nigeria#896≈49,000 est.≈1 in 4.4K—Mustafa50
DE Germany#249≈41,000 est.≈1 in 2K—Mustafa211
BG Bulgaria#30≈11,000 est.≈1 in 625—Mustafa79
LY Libya#6≈9,900 est.≈1 in 694—Mustafa58
CY Cyprus#3≈9,400 est.≈1 in 135—Mustafa45

1,057,634 people counted by TÜİK NIP — most used given names, 2025. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: TÜİK NIP — most used given names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

150016001700180019002000Mustafa I, b. 1591Mustafa II, b. 1664Mustafa III, b. 1717Mustafa IV, b. 1779Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, b. 1881İsmet İnönü, b. 1884Bülent Ecevit, b. 1925Abu Hamza al-Masri, b. 1958Moustafa Madbouli, b. 1966Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, b. 1967
  • Mustafa Ib. 1591TR15th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1617–1618, 1622–1623)
  • Mustafa IIb. 1664TR22th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1695–1703)
  • Mustafa IIIb. 1717TR26th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1757–1774)
  • Mustafa IVb. 1779TR29th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1807–1808)
  • Mustafa Kemal Atatürkb. 1881TRfounding father of the Republic of Turkey (c. 1881–1938)
  • İsmet İnönüb. 1884TRnot in their usual name2nd President of the Republic of Turkey (1884–1973)
  • Bülent Ecevitb. 1925TRnot in their usual name16th Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey (1925–2006)
  • Abu Hamza al-Masrib. 1958EGnot in their usual nameEgyptian-born British Islamist terrorist
  • Moustafa Madboulib. 1966EGnot in their usual nameprime minister of Egypt since 2018
  • Mustafa Al-Kadhimib. 1967IQIraqi politician

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Mústafa under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Mústafa mean, and where does it come from?
From Arabic مُصْطَفَى (muṣṭafā, “the chosen one”). Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen and 9 other sources.
Is Mústafa a male or female name?
Mústafa is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Mústafa have the most bearers?
In Türkiye, the national register counted about 1.1 million people named Mústafa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mustafa.
Where is Mústafa most common?
Mústafa is densest in Türkiye, where the national register counts about 1 in 78 people carrying it.
How common is the name Mústafa?
In Türkiye, the national register counted 1,057,634 people named Mústafa in 2025, about 1 in 78 residents.
How common is Mústafa compared with other names?
In Türkiye, Mústafa is the 4th most common given name of 264,080 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Mústafa” — the 4th most common given name in Türkiye. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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