Murad

Murad (Arabic: مراد) or variants Murat, Mourad, Morad and Mrad is an Arabic origin, and common Azerbaijani, Turkish, Kurdish, Persian and Pakistani male given name and is commonly used throughout the Muslim and Arab worlds.[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 Persian 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 (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
Morad
  • Morad Fareed, New York–based entrepreneur and former athlete
  • Morad Mameri, French-Algerian DJ, better known as DJ Mam's
  • Morad Mohammadi, Iranian wrestler and Olympian. Murad Ali khan (Indian sarangi player Moradabad Gharana)

Surname

Murad
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

Brands

Other

See also

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

References

  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.
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