Mojtaba
Mojtaba or Mujtaba 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 Imamate in [Shia doctrine|2nd Imam] of Shia Islam.
People named Mojtaba
- Mojtaba Abedini, Iranian Olympic fencer
- Mojtaba Haghdoust, Iranian football player for Foolad F.C.
- Mojtaba Heidarpanah, Iranian cartoonist and illustrator
- Mojtaba Jabbari, retired Iranian football player for Esteghlal F.C.
- Mojtaba Khamenei, Iranian hard-line cleric and a son of Ali Khamenei
- Mojtaba Minovi, Iranian historian, literary scholar and professor of Tehran University
- Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, Iranian filmmaker and producer
- Mojtaba Mirzadeh, Iranian composer of Persian classical music
- Mojtaba Moharrami, former Iranian football player
- Mojtaba Ramezani, Iranian football midfielder
- Mojtaba Saminejad, Iranian blogger and political activist
- Mojtaba Zonnour, Iranian Shia cleric
- Mujtaba al-Shirazi, Iranian Shia Cleric
- Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini, Iranian Shia Cleric
- Mujtaba Musavi Lari, Iranian Shia Cleric
- Mojtaba Tehrani, Iranian Shia Cleric