Mustafa

Mustafa means the chosen one in Arabic, and it is one of the revered epithets of the Prophet Muhammad, al-Mustafa. That devotional lineage makes it a name of reverence across the Sunni Muslim world, from Morocco to Malaysia. Kemal Mustafa Atatürk carried it into modern Turkish history; contemporary artists, athletes, and scholars continue to. Three syllables with the stress on the second, the soft F giving it an unusual gentleness among classical Arabic male names. A name chosen to honor the Prophet himself, Mustafa has weight and grace in equal measure, worn daily by millions without losing its original luminosity.