Murad
Murad (Arabic: مراد) or variants Murat, Mourad, Morad and Mrad is an Arabic origin, and common Armenian, Azerbaijani, Turkish, Kurdish, Persian, Berber languages 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
- 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 Mergaoui, Gibraltalian-Moroccan novelist and poet.
- 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.
- Morad Sari
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
Brands
Other
- Morad, Iran, village in Iran
- Morad Beygi, village in Iran
- Morad Beyglu, village in Iran
See also
- Murat (disambiguation), modern Turkish spelling of Murad
- Murat (name)
References
- ^ Pearce, Karen (2002). Multicultural matters: names and naming systems. London: Building Bridges. p. 194. ISBN 0-9543653-0-5.
- ^ Leslau, Wolf (1990). Arabic Loanwords in Ethiopian Semitic. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 9783447030007.
- ^ Iskander, Munshi (1978). The history of Shah ʻAbbas the Great. University of Michigan: Westview Press. p. 1399. ISBN 9780891582960.
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