Given name

Mukhtār

Mukhtār is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.

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Spellings & scripts 1

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See also 3

Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.

Similar names

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Arabic

Mutahar

“purified”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Arabic

Myftar

“mukhtar”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Arabic

Muʿammar

Muʿammar is a masculine given name from Arabic. It is used in Italian.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Arabic

Muntaser

Muntaser is a masculine given name from Arabic.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Arabic

Mulla

“mullah”

No U.S. birth series

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Arabic

Muzaffer

“victor”

No U.S. birth series

98% boys · 2% girls

Arabic

Müfit

Müfit is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Turkish.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Arabic

Mulè

“chief, lord, master”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Mukhtār’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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