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.^[1]

Etymology

It is derived from the Arabic Semitic triliteral root رود (r-w-d). Its Arabic meaning can be translated roughly into wanted,^[2] 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 "mordd", which means "wish" or "desire".^[3]
• Murad II (1404–1451)
• Murad III (1546–1595)
• Murad IV (1612–1640)
• Murad V (1840–1904)

Others

Murad

• Şehzade Murad, Ottoman prince
• Murad, Veteran Bollywood Indian Actor
• Murad Artin (born 1960), Armenian-Swedish politician
• Murad Mirza, second son of Mughal Emperor Akbar
• 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
• Murad Wilfried Hofmann (1931 – 2020) German diplomat and author.

Mourad

• Mourad the Great, nickname of Hampartsoum Boyadjian, 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, Dutch–Tunisian kickboxer
• Mourad Daami, Tunisian football referee
• Mourad Daoudi El Ghezouani, Moroccan footballer
• 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, New York–based entrepreneur and former athlete
• Morad Mohammadi, Iranian wrestler and Olympian.
• Morad Sari
• Morad (Spanish rapper) (born 1999)
• Morad (born 1977), French rapper in Scred Connexion

Surname

Murad

• Abdul Hakim Murad (militant), 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, Iraqi politician
• Ferid Murad, American physician and pharmacologist
• Hadji Murad, Avar military commander
• Hilmi Murad, Egyptian politician
• Mohammad Murad, Kuwaiti wildlife photographer
• Murad Ali Murad, Afghan Army officer
• Nadia Murad, Iraqi Yazidi human rights activist
• Murad, Veteran Bollywood Indian Actor
• 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

• Ahmed Mourad, 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, also known as Luciana Gimenez, Brazilian fashion model and TV show hostess

Other names

Murad Buildings,Construction company of Uzbekistan