Murad

Murad or Mourad (Arabic: مراد) is an Arabic name. It is also common in Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Turkish, Persian, and Berber as a male given name or surname and is commonly used throughout the Muslim world and Middle East.

Etymology

It is derived from the Arabic Semitic triliteral root رود (r-w-d). Its Arabic meaning can be translated roughly into wanted, desired, wished for, yearned or goal.

Given name

Ottoman sultans

Murad I (1326–1389), often nicknamed Hüdavendigâr—from Persian: خداوندگار Khodāvandgār —"the devotee of God", the third sultan. Received the name Murad through a play on the Arabic word "murad", which means "wish" or "desire".
Murad II (1404–1451), Ottoman sultan
Murad III (1546–1595), Ottoman sultan
Murad IV (1612–1640), Ottoman sultan
Murad V (1840–1904), Ottoman sultan

Others

Murad

Şehzade Murad (1495–1519), Ottoman prince
Murad (1911–1997), Indian actor
Murad Al Maamari, Omani businessman and former naval officer
Murad Artin (born 1960), Armenian-Swedish politician
Murad Mirza (1570–1599), second son of Mughal Emperor Akbar
Murad Baksh (1624–1661), youngest son of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and Empress Mumtaz Mahal
Murad Bey (1750–1801), Egyptian Mamluk chieftain
Murad Hasratyan (1935–2026), Armenian architecture historian
Murad Ismail (born 1961), Indonesian politician
Murad Qureshi (born 1965), British Bangladeshi Labour Party politician
Murad Umakhanov (born 1977), Russian wrestler and Olympian
Murad Wilfried Hofmann (1931–2020) German diplomat and author
Murad Khan (disambiguation), multiple people.
Murad Yagizarov (1939–2025), Soviet and Azerbaijani actor
Murad Abdulhadi (born 1971), Ethiopian politician

Mourad

Mourad the Great, nickname of Hampartsoum Boyadjian (1860–1915), an Armenian fedayee and political activist
Mourad Benachenou, Algerian politician
Mourad Benchellali, French citizen captured and detained in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps
Mourad Bouzidi (born 1984), Dutch–Tunisian kickboxer
Mourad Daami (born 1962), Tunisian football referee
Mourad Daoudi El Ghezouani (born 1998), Moroccan footballer
Mourad Marofit (born 1982), Moroccan long-distance runner
Mourad Medelci (1943–2019), Algerian politician
Mourad Meghni (born 1984), Algerian footballer
Mourad Salem (born 1956), Tunisian artist based in France
Mourad Topalian (born 1943), Armenian-American political activist

Morad

Morad Fareed (born 1979), New York–based entrepreneur and former athlete
Morad Mohammadi (born 1980), Iranian wrestler and Olympian
Morad Sari (born 1973), French-Algerian kickboxer
Morad (Spanish rapper) (born 1999), Spanish rapper
Morad (born 1977), French rapper in Scred Connexion

Surname

Murad

Abdul Hakim Murad (militant) (born 1968), alleged conspirator in the planned attacks called Operation Bojinka
Abdal Hakim Murad (born: Timothy John Winter, 1960) English academic, theologian and Islamic scholar
Adel Murad (1949–2018), Iraqi politician
Ahmad Murad (1943–2004), Bruneian diplomat
Ferid Murad (1936–2023), American physician and pharmacologist
Hadji Murad (1818–1852), Avar military commander
Hilmi Murad (1919–1998), Egyptian politician
Jerry Murad (1918–1996), American recording artist, an Armenian born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1918
Mohammad Murad (born 1976), Kuwaiti wildlife photographer
Murad Ali Murad (born 1960), Afghan Army officer
Nadia Murad (born 1993), Iraqi Yazidi human rights activist
Raza Murad (born 1950), Indian character actor, son of Murad
Sayed Noorullah Murad (born 1979), an Afghan politician, military commander and former deputy minister
Waheed Murad (1938–1983), Pakistani film producer, writer, and actor
Zuhair Murad (born 1971), a Beirut-based Lebanese fashion designer

Mourad

Ahmed Mourad (born 1978), an Egyptian author and screenwriter of fiction and non-fiction
George Mourad (born 1982), Syrian Swedish footballer of Assyrian descent
Leila Mourad (1918–1995), Egyptian singer and actress
Mounir Mourad (1922–1981), Egyptian artist, singer and actor
Nidal Mourad (born 1988), Canadian musician and producer

Morad

Daniel Morad (born 1990), Canadian race car driver
Dashni Morad (born 1986), Kurdish singer, songwriter, television presenter, human rights & environmental activist.
Luciana Morad (born 1969), also known as Luciana Gimenez, Brazilian fashion model and TV show hostess

Other names

Murad Buildings, Construction company of Uzbekistan

References

↑ Pearce, Karen (2002). Multicultural matters: names and naming systems. London: Building Bridges. p. 194. ISBN 0-9543653-0-5.
↑ Leslau, Wolf (1990). Arabic Loanwords in Ethiopian Semitic. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 9783447030007.
↑ Iskander, Munshi (1978). The history of Shah ʻAbbas the Great. University of Michigan: Westview Press. p. 1399. ISBN 9780891582960.

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[1] Pearce, Karen (2002). Multicultural matters: names and naming systems. London: Building Bridges. p. 194. ISBN 0-9543653-0-5.

[2] Leslau, Wolf (1990). Arabic Loanwords in Ethiopian Semitic. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 9783447030007.

[3] Iskander, Munshi (1978). The history of Shah ʻAbbas the Great. University of Michigan: Westview Press. p. 1399. ISBN 9780891582960.

Murad

Etymology

Given name

Ottoman sultans

Others

Murad

Mourad

Morad

Surname

Other names

See also

References