Mojtaba

Mojtaba

Pronunciation	[mɔʃtæˈbɒː]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Arabic
Meaning	Chosen
Other names
Related names	Morteza, Mostafa

Mojtaba or Mujtaba (Persian: مجتبی) is an Iranian male given name. It originates from the Arabic language, meaning the chosen. The name has an Islamic background and is considerably popular among the Shiites and Sufis as it is one of the honorary epithets of Hasan ibn Ali, the 2nd Imam of Shia Islam.

People named Mojtaba

• Mojtaba Abedini (born 1984), Iranian Olympic fencer
• Mojtaba Haghdoust (born 1996), Iranian football player for Foolad F.C.
• Mojtaba Heidarpanah (born 1990), Iranian cartoonist and illustrator
• Mojtaba Jabbari (born 1983), retired Iranian football player for Esteghlal F.C.
• Mojtaba Khamenei (born 1969), Iranian hard-line cleric and a son of Ali Khamenei
• Mojtaba Minovi (1903–1977), Iranian historian, literary scholar and professor of Tehran University
• Mojtaba Mirtahmasb (born 1971), Iranian filmmaker and producer
• Mojtaba Mirzadeh (1946–2005), Iranian composer of Persian classical music
• Mojtaba Moharrami (born 1965), former Iranian football player
• Mojtaba Ramezani (born 1989), Iranian football midfielder
• Mojtaba Saminejad (born 1980), Iranian blogger and political activist
• Mojtaba Zonnour (born 1963), Iranian Shia cleric