Murad

Murad (Arabic: مراد‎‎) or variants Murat, Mourad, Morad and Mrad is an Arabic, Azerbaijani, Turkish, Kurdish, Persian and Urdu male given name and is commonly used throughout the Muslim world and Arabic world.^[1]

Etymology

Murad means "desired" or "wished" in Arabic. It is derived from the Arabic triliteral root رود (r-w-d) meaning "wish, want."

Murad I (1326–1389), often nicknamed Hüdavendigâr - from Persian: خداوندگار Khodāvandgār - "the God-like One", the third sultan. Received the name Murad through a play on the Persian word mordd, which means "wish or desire"^[2]
Murad II (1404–1451)
Murad III (1546–1595)
Murad IV (1612–1640)
Murad V (1840–1904)

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 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

Abdul Hakim Murad (militant), alleged conspirator in the planned attacks called Operation Bojinka
Adel Murad, Iraqi politician
Howard Murad, founder of Murad® Skin Care
Dashni Murad. Kurdish pop singer
Ferid Murad, American physician and pharmacologist
Hadji Murad, Avar military commander
Matt Murad, American rock music figure
Murad Ali Murad, Afghan Army officer
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

Daniel Morad (born 1990), Canadian race car driver
Luciana Morad, also known as Luciana Gimenez, Brazilian fashion model and TV show hostess

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

↑ Pearce, Karen (2002). Multicultural matters: names and naming systems. London: Building Bridges. p. 194. ISBN 0-9543653-0-5.
↑ Iskander, Munshi (1978). The history of Shah ʻAbbas the Great. University of Michigan: Westview Press. p. 1399.

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