Murad

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

Etymology

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

Given name

Ottoman sultans

Murad I (1326–1389), often nicknamed Hüdavendigâr—from Persian: ????????? Khod?vandg?r—"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

?ehzade 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 Steven Mohamed (born 1970), Musician One Life Crew
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, New York–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
Ferid Murad, American physician and pharmacologist
Hadji Murad, Avar military commander
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
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