# Murad

Murad or Mourad (Arabic: 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.

## 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 "mordd", 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 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.

#### 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)
* Morad (born 1977), French rapper in Scred Connexion

## 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
* 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