Murad

Syllable breakdown

Name meaning and origin

Origin

Azerbaijani (Azerbaijan)

Meaning

an Arabic-origin name meaning wish, desire, goal, or aspiration, from the Arabic murād (مراد), derived from the root r-w-d meaning to seek or to desire; in Islamic mystical thought murad is a complex term: a murad is a spiritual aspirant who is the object of a master's attention and guidance, as opposed to a murid who actively seeks the master; the name is extremely common throughout the Turkic world — in Azerbaijan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan — and across the Arabic-speaking world; it carries the sense of a cherished wish fulfilled, implying that the child's birth is the realisation of the parents' deepest desire; the name was borne by five Ottoman sultans, lending it an association with imperial power and dynastic prestige in addition to its spiritual connotations; in Azerbaijan it is one of the most stable and common masculine names across generations

Gender

male

Also spelled

Mourad, Murat