Murad


Murad or Mourad 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. Its Arabic meaning can be translated roughly into wanted, desired, wished for, yearned or goal.

Given name

Ottoman sultans

  • Murad I, 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, Ottoman sultan
  • Murad III, Ottoman sultan
  • Murad IV, Ottoman sultan
  • Murad V, Ottoman sultan

    Others

Murad

  • Şehzade Murad, Ottoman prince
  • Murad, Indian actor
  • Murad Artin, Armenian-Swedish politician
  • Murad Mirza, second son of Mughal Emperor Akbar
  • Murad Baksh, youngest son of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and Empress Mumtaz Mahal
  • Murad Bey, Egyptian Mamluk chieftain
  • Murad Hasratyan, Armenian architectural historian
  • Murad Ismail, Indonesian politician
  • Murad Qureshi, British Bangladeshi Labour Party politician
  • Murad Umakhanov, Russian wrestler and Olympian
  • Murad Wilfried Hofmann German diplomat and author
  • Murad Khan, multiple people.
  • Murad Yagizarov, Soviet and Azerbaijani actor

    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 Marofit, 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, French-Algerian kickboxer
  • Morad , Spanish rapper
  • Morad, French rapper in Scred Connexion

    Surname

; Murad
  • Abdul Hakim Murad , alleged conspirator in the planned attacks called Operation Bojinka
  • Abdal Hakim Murad English academic, theologian and Islamic scholar
  • Adel Murad, Iraqi politician
  • Ahmad Murad, Bruneian diplomat
  • Ferid Murad, American physician and pharmacologist
  • Hadji Murad, Avar military commander
  • Hilmi Murad, Egyptian politician
  • Jerry Murad, American recording artist, an Armenian born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1918
  • Mohammad Murad, Kuwaiti wildlife photographer
  • Murad Ali Murad, Afghan Army officer
  • Nadia Murad, Iraqi Yazidi human rights activist
  • Raza Murad, Indian character actor, son of Murad
  • Sayed Noorullah Murad, an Afghan politician, military commander and former deputy minister
  • 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, Syrian Swedish footballer of Assyrian descent
  • Leila Mourad, Egyptian singer and actress
  • Mounir Mourad, Egyptian artist, singer and actor
  • Nidal Mourad, Canadian musician and producer
; Morad
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