Murad

Murad (Arabic: مراد‎‎) or variants Murat, Mourad, Morad and Mrad is an Arabic, Azerbaijani, Turkish, Kurdish, and Persian male given name and is commonly used throughout the Muslim world and Arabic world.

Etymology

Murad means "desired" or "wished" in Arabic. It is derived from the Arabic quadriliteral root "Arad" meaning to desire.

The name Murad stems from the Persian word "morad", which means "fulfilment of a vow vowed" or simply wish'.

Given name

Ottoman sultans

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

Others

Murad

• Murad (actor), Indian character actor
• Murad Artin (born 1960), Armenian-Swedish politician
• Murad Baksh (died 1661), youngest son of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and Empress Mumtaz Mahal
• Murad Bey (1750–1801), Egyptian Mamluk chieftain
• Murad Qureshi, British Bangladeshi Labour Party politician
• Murad Umakhanov (born 1977), Russian wrestler and Olympian

Mourad

• Mourad the Great, nickname of Hampartsoum Boyadjian, an Armenian fedayee and political activist
• Mourad Benchellali, French citizen captured and detained in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps
• Mourad Bouzidi, Dutch–Tunisian kickboxer
• Mourad Daami, Tunisian football referee
• Mourad Ikhlef, Algerian arrested and deported from Canada on allegations of past involvement with the Armed Islamic Group and a connection to Ahmed Ressam
• Mourad Marofit (born 1982), Moroccan long-distance runner
• Mourad Medelci, Algerian politician
• Mourad Meghni, Algerian footballer
• Mourad Salem, Tunisian artist based in France
• Mourad Topalian, Armenian-American political activist

Morad

• Morad Fareed, NY-based entrepreneur and former athlete
• Morad Mameri, French-Algerian DJ, better known as DJ Mam's
• Morad Mohammadi, Iranian wrestler and Olympian

Surname

Murad

• Abdul Hakim Murad (militant), alleged conspirator in the planned attacks called Operation Bojinka
• Adel Murad, Iraqi politician
• Dashni Murad. Kurdish pop singer
• Ferid Murad, American physician and pharmacologist
• Hadji Murad, Avar military commander
• Matt Murad, American rock music figure
• Raza Murad, Indian character actor, son of Murad
• Sayed Noorullah Murad, an Afghan politician, military commander and former deputy minister
• Timothy Winter, aka Abdal-Hakim Murad, British Islamic scholar
• Waheed Murad, Pakistani film producer, writer, and actor
• Zuhair Murad, a Beirut-based Lebanese fashion designer

Mourad

• 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

Morad

• Daniel Morad (born 1990), Canadian race car driver
• Luciana Morad, also known as Luciana Gimenez, Brazilian fashion model and TV show hostess

Mrad

• Abdul Rahim Mrad, a former defense minister to Lebanon
• Antón Arrufat Mrad (born 1935), Cuban dramatist, novelist, short story writer, poet and essayist
• Mohamed Salah Ben Mrad (1881–1979), Tunisian theologian, journalist and intellectual

Other

• Murad, Iran, village in Iran
• Morad, Iran, village in Iran
• Morad Beygi, village in Iran
• Morad Beyglu, village in Iran
• Murad, Yemen or Hisn Murad, or Murad, small coastal fishing village
• Murad (tribe) a Yemeni tribe

See also

• Murat (disambiguation), modern Turkish spelling of Murad
• Murat (name)