Meaning & origin
What it means
Marat is a romanization of Марат. One interpretation is “the goal, the aim.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2003. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Marat through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 43
- 43 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 2009. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 868 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Marat’s family of names
In French usage, Marat has a later derivative in Մարատ. In English usage, Marat has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Марат. In Kazakh usage, Marat is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Марат.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Marat has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Russian roots to each of them.
Russianwhere Marat comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Marat
- Marat SafinRussian tennis playerborn 1980
- Marat IzmailovRussian footballerborn 1982
- Marat BikmaevUzbekistani association football playerborn 1986
- Marat KhusnullinRussian politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Russiaborn 1966
- Marat Basharovactorborn 1974
- Marat GaneyevRussian racing cyclistborn 1964
- Marat KalimulinRussian ice hockey player (1988-2011)
- Marat AbiyevKazakhstani businessmanborn 1989
- Marat KulakhmetovRussian generalborn 1959
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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