Muslim Name · Male · Arabic origin
Mujtaba Name Meaning in Islam
Chosen, elected, the divinely selected one.
- Meaning
- Chosen, elected, the divinely selected one
- Origin
- Arabic
- Gender
- Boy
- Urdu
- مجتبیٰ
- Pronunciation
- muj-TA-ba
- Lucky number
- 5
Is Mujtaba an Islamic name? Yes. Mujtaba is an established name in Muslim use, Arabic in origin. Its settled meaning is: Chosen, elected, the divinely selected one. It was carried by al-Hasan al-Mujtaba. Islamic tradition asks that a name carry a good meaning and claim nothing that belongs to God alone, and this name meets both.
Read the letter-by-letter reading ↓Section 1 · Arabic Root
Where the Name Comes From
ج-ب-ي, from j-b-y, to collect, to choose. Mujtabā is the chosen one, the elect. A title of the Prophet ﷺ and of Imām Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī (AS).
Section 2 · Ilm ul Huroof
Read Letter by Letter
Mim love, Jim inner beauty, Ta completion, Ba foundation, Ya reaching.
Section 3 · Synthesis
What This Reading Says About You
Mujtaba is grounded in earth, the element of stability, patience, and quiet holding. The letters ask their bearer to be reliable rather than showy, to keep the household of the heart in order. Stitched through this reading is Al-Mu'min, the Faithful, meaning the person carries a faith others can lean on. A person named Mujtaba builds ground under other people's lives.
Section 4 · What Families Say
What People Usually Mean by This Name
Chosen, divinely selected, from root j-t-b (ijtaba, to choose, to select). The one who has been chosen by Allah. Al-Mujtaba is a title of the Prophet Muhammad. 'And your Lord creates what He wills and chooses (yajtabi)' (28:68). Mujtaba is used as both a name and as a title of the Prophet, he who was divinely chosen above all creation.
Section 5 · Bearers
Who Has Carried This Name
- al-Hasan al-Mujtaba . Grandson of the Prophet ﷺ, second of the Ahl al-Bayt and second Shi'i Imam
How to Pronounce Mujtaba
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They are the same name. Mujtaba is also written Mojtaba, Moojtaba, Mujtabaa and Mujtabah. One name, several romanisations of مجتبى.
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