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 (r-w-d). Its Arabic meaning can be translated roughly into wanted, desired, wished for, yearned or goal.

Given name

Ottoman sultans

• Murad I (1326–1389), often nicknamed Hüdavendigâr—from Persian: 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 (1404–1451), Ottoman sultan

• Murad III (1546–1595), Ottoman sultan

• Murad IV (1612–1640), Ottoman sultan

• Murad V (1840–1904), Ottoman sultan

Others

Murad

• Şehzade Murad (1495–1519), Ottoman prince

• Murad (1911–1997), Indian actor

• Murad Artin (born 1960), Armenian-Swedish politician

• Murad Mirza (1570–1599), second son of Mughal Emperor Akbar

• Murad Baksh (1624–1661), youngest son of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and Empress Mumtaz Mahal

• Murad Bey (1750–1801), Egyptian Mamluk chieftain

• Murad Hasratyan (1935–2026), Armenian architecture historian

• Murad Ismail (born 1961), Indonesian politician

• Murad Qureshi (born 1965), British Bangladeshi Labour Party politician

• Murad Umakhanov (born 1977), Russian wrestler and Olympian

• Murad Wilfried Hofmann (1931–2020) German diplomat and author

• Murad Khan (disambiguation), multiple people.

• Murad Yagizarov (1939–2025), Soviet and Azerbaijani actor

Mourad

• Mourad the Great, nickname of Hampartsoum Boyadjian (1860–1915), 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 (born 1984), Dutch–Tunisian kickboxer

• Mourad Daami (born 1962), Tunisian football referee

• Mourad Daoudi El Ghezouani (born 1998), Moroccan footballer

• Mourad Marofit (born 1982), Moroccan long-distance runner

• Mourad Medelci (1943–2019), Algerian politician

• Mourad Meghni (born 1984), Algerian footballer

• Mourad Salem (born 1956), Tunisian artist based in France

• Mourad Topalian (born 1943), Armenian-American political activist

Morad

• Morad Fareed (born 1979), New York–based entrepreneur and former athlete

• Morad Mohammadi (born 1980), Iranian wrestler and Olympian

• Morad Sari (born 1973), French-Algerian kickboxer

• Morad (Spanish rapper) (born 1999), Spanish rapper

• Morad (born 1977), French rapper in Scred Connexion

Surname

1. Murad

2. Abdul Hakim Murad (militant) (born 1968), alleged conspirator in the planned attacks called Operation Bojinka

3. Abdal Hakim Murad (born: Timothy John Winter, 1960) English academic, theologian and Islamic scholar

4. Adel Murad (1949–2018), Iraqi politician

5. Ahmad Murad (1943–2004), Bruneian diplomat

6. Ferid Murad (1936–2023), American physician and pharmacologist

7. Hadji Murad (1818–1852), Avar military commander

8. Hilmi Murad (1919–1998), Egyptian politician

9. Jerry Murad (1918–1996), American recording artist, an Armenian born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1918

10. Mohammad Murad (born 1976), Kuwaiti wildlife photographer

11. Murad Ali Murad (born 1960), Afghan Army officer

12. Nadia Murad (born 1993), Iraqi Yazidi human rights activist

13. Raza Murad (born 1950), Indian character actor, son of Murad

14. Sayed Noorullah Murad (born 1979), an Afghan politician, military commander and former deputy minister

15. Waheed Murad (1938–1983), Pakistani film producer, writer, and actor

16. Zuhair Murad (born 1971), a Beirut-based Lebanese fashion designer

17. Mourad

18. Ahmed Mourad (born 1978), an Egyptian author and screenwriter of fiction and non-fiction

19. George Mourad (born 1982), Syrian Swedish footballer of Assyrian descent

20. Leila Mourad (1918–1995), Egyptian singer and actress

21. Mounir Mourad (1922–1981), Egyptian artist, singer and actor

22. Nidal Mourad (born 1988), Canadian musician and producer

23. Morad

24. Daniel Morad (born 1990), Canadian race car driver

25. Dashni Morad (born 1986), Kurdish singer, songwriter, television presenter, human rights & environmental activist.

26. Luciana Morad (born 1969), also known as Luciana Gimenez, Brazilian fashion model and TV show hostess

Other names

Murad Buildings, Construction company of Uzbekistan

See also

• Moura (surname) Portuguese form of Mourad/Murad

• Murat (disambiguation), modern Turkish spelling of Murad

• Murat (name)

• Murod, an Uzbek given name

• Muradian, Armenian surname

• Muradyan, Armenian surname

• Mrad (disambiguation)

References