Murad

Murad or Mourad (مراد) 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.

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 "mordd", which means "wish" or "desire".
 * Murad II (1404–1451)
 * Murad III (1546–1595)
 * Murad IV (1612–1640)
 * Murad V (1840–1904)

Others

 * Murad
 * Şehzade Murad, Ottoman prince
 * Murad, Veteran Bollywood Indian Actor
 * Murad Artin (born 1960), Armenian-Swedish politician
 * Murad Mirza, second son of Mughal Emperor Akbar
 * 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
 * Murad Wilfried Hofmann (1931 – 2020) German diplomat and author.


 * Mourad
 * Mourad the Great, nickname of Hampartsoum Boyadjian, 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, Dutch–Tunisian kickboxer
 * Mourad Daami, Tunisian football referee
 * Mourad Daoudi El Ghezouani, Moroccan footballer
 * 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 Mohammadi, Iranian wrestler and Olympian.
 * Morad Sari
 * Morad (Spanish rapper) (born 1999)
 * Morad (born 1977), French rapper in Scred Connexion

Surname

 * Murad
 * Abdul Hakim Murad (militant), 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, Iraqi politician
 * Ahmad Murad, Bruneian diplomat
 * Ferid Murad, American physician and pharmacologist
 * Hadji Murad, Avar military commander
 * Hilmi Murad, Egyptian politician
 * Mohammad Murad, Kuwaiti wildlife photographer
 * Murad Ali Murad, Afghan Army officer
 * Nadia Murad, Iraqi Yazidi human rights activist
 * Murad, veteran Bollywood Indian actor
 * 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
 * Ahmed Mourad, 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, also known as Luciana Gimenez, Brazilian fashion model and TV show hostess

Other names
Murad Buildings,Construction company of Uzbekistan