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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: 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 (1404–1451), Ottoman sultan
  • Murad III (1546–1595), Ottoman sultan
  • Murad IV (1612–1640), Ottoman sultan
  • Murad V (1840–1904), Ottoman sultan

Others

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Surname

; Murad

  • Abdul Hakim Murad (militant) (born 1968), alleged conspirator in the planned attacks called Operation Bojinka
  • Abdal Hakim Murad (born: Timothy John Winter, 1960) English academic, theologian and Islamic scholar
  • Adel Murad (1949-2018), Iraqi politician
  • Ahmad Murad (1943-2004), Bruneian diplomat
  • Ferid Murad (1936-2023), American physician and pharmacologist
  • Hadji Murad (1818-1852), Avar military commander
  • Hilmi Murad (1919-1998), Egyptian politician
  • Jerry Murad (1918–1996), American recording artist, an Armenian born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1918
  • Mohammad Murad (born 1976), Kuwaiti wildlife photographer
  • Murad Ali Murad (born 1960), Afghan Army officer
  • Nadia Murad (born 1993), Iraqi Yazidi human rights activist
  • Raza Murad (born 1950), Indian character actor, son of Murad
  • Sayed Noorullah Murad (born 1979), an Afghan politician, military commander and former deputy minister
  • Waheed Murad (1938-1983), Pakistani film producer, writer, and actor
  • Zuhair Murad (born 1971), a Beirut-based Lebanese fashion designer ; Mourad
  • Ahmed Mourad (born 1978), an Egyptian author and screenwriter of fiction and non-fiction
  • 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
  • Nidal Mourad (born 1988), Canadian musician and producer ; Morad
  • Daniel Morad (born 1990), Canadian race car driver
  • Dashni Morad (born 1986), Kurdish singer, songwriter, television presenter, human rights & environmental activist.
  • Luciana Morad (born 1969), also known as Luciana Gimenez, Brazilian fashion model and TV show hostess

Other names

Murad Buildings, Construction company of Uzbekistan

References

References

  1. Pearce, Karen. (2002). "Multicultural matters: names and naming systems". Building Bridges.
  2. (1990). "Arabic Loanwords in Ethiopian Semitic". Otto Harrassowitz Verlag.
  3. Iskander, Munshi. (1978). "The history of Shah ʻAbbas the Great". Westview Press.

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