Mujtabah as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Mujtabah

What is the meaning of the name Mujtabah ?

The baby name Mujtabah is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced IPA: /mudʒˈtɑːbə/; respelling: muj-TAH-bah or mooj-TAH-bah (j as in 'jam').

Mujtabah is Arabic in Origin.

Mujtabah is an Arabic masculine name (مجتبى) meaning “the chosen” or “the elect,” the passive participle of the verb ijtaba “to select, single out.” The root appears in the Qur’an in forms such as ijtabāhu (“He chose him”), giving the name a devotional tone. As a laqab (honorific epithet), al-Mujtabā is famously applied to Hasan ibn ʿAlī, the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, which helped establish the name’s prestige across both Shiʿi and Sunni communities.

Usage spans the Arab world, Iran, and South Asia. Common variants include Mujtaba, Mojtaba (Persianized spelling), and Mujtabah, a South Asian transliteration that adds a final h; the honorific Al-Mujtaba also appears in compound names. The name occurs in medieval biographical sources and modern civil records, typically signaling piety and esteem. Feminine counterparts are rare, and diminutives are uncommon, so bearers generally use the full form.

⚙ Mujtabah is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Mujtabah appears only 10 times in total — found in 8 countries. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.