Mujtabi as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Mujtabi

What is the meaning of the name Mujtabi ?

The baby name Mujtabi is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /mʊdʒˈtɑːbi/ (mooj-TAH-bee).

Mujtabi is Arabic in Origin.

Mujtabi is an Arabic and Persian name derived from mujtaba, the passive participle of the verb ijtaba, “to choose, elect.” It therefore means “the chosen one,” “elect,” or, with the Persian/Urdu -i ending, “of the chosen.” The form with -i functions as a relational adjective or nisba in Persian and Urdu, so Mujtabi can be read as a regional variant of Mujtaba while preserving the same core meaning.

The epithet al-Mujtaba is closely associated with Hasan ibn Ali, the second Shia Imam, which helped spread the name across Arabic, Persian, and Urdu-speaking communities. It appears as Mojtaba in Iran, Mujtaba or Mujtabah in South Asia and the Gulf, and occasionally as Al-Mujtaba in devotional contexts. Less common than Mujtaba, Mujtabi remains recognizable and carries a reverent tone. Related names with similar meanings include Mustafa (“the chosen,” from a different root).

⚙ Mujtabi is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Mujtabi appears only 7 times in total — found in 4 countries. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.