- Meaning
- Wish, the goal one longs for
- Arabic
- مراد
- Say it
- mu-RAAD
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- In the Quran
- Not in the Quran
Famous people with this name
- Murad II, Ottoman sultan
Other spellings
Mourad, Murat
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Questions about Murad
What does Murad mean?
Murad means: Wish, the goal one longs for.
Is Murad in the Quran?
No. But a name does not need to be in the Quran to be a good Muslim name: what matters is that its meaning is good.
Is Murad a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Murad is a boy’s name.
How do you write Murad in Arabic?
In Arabic script, Murad is written مراد.