Mokhtar
مختارIn Arabic
- Meaning
- Chosen
- About the name
- Omar al-Mukhtar (1858-1931) led the Libyan resistance to Italian rule in Cyrenaica and is Libya's national hero.
- For
- A boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- Other spellings
- Moktar, Mouktar, Mukhtar
Islamic naming guidance
- Permissible
Draft: not yet reviewed by a scholar. This is not a fatwa.
Good meaning, nothing against it in the sources
Confidence: high
Sources
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