Mustafaa
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MOOS-ta-fa
- Origin
- Arabic
Mustafaa is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “chosen”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Mustafaa mean?
Arabic: spelling of Mustafa
“chosen”
Al-Mustafa, 'the chosen one', is a title of the Prophet Muhammad; Mustafa Kemal Ataturk founded modern Turkey.
Meaning borrowed from Mustafa. More on Wiktionary.
Is Mustafaa a girl's or a boy's name?
Mustafaa is a boys' name.
How popular is Mustafaa in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Mustafaa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mustafaa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
Names like Mustafaa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza, Muhammad, Saif, Fahad, Abdullah, Mouhamed, Ahmed, Musab, Hammad, Umair, Habib, Abdur
Names related to Mustafaa
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mustafaa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mustafaa, updated 20 October 2026.