Given name & surname
Mourad
Mourad is a masculine given name from Arabic. It is used in French.
Original Arabicمراد
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mourad through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 251
- 251 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 23 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #6,692 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −13%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,692 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 13.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 883 as a first name in 2020; 1,184 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mourad’s family of names
In French usage, Mourad shares a linguistic root with the Turkish form MURAT. In French usage, Mourad has a conventional equivalent in the English form MURAD. In French usage, Mourad shares a linguistic root with the English form MURAD.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Mourad has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
Arabicwhere Mourad comes from · 1 name
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Mourad
- Mourad MeghniFrench association football playerborn 1984
- Mourad AmaraAlgerian footballerborn 1959
- Mourad MelkiTunisian association football playerborn 1975
- Mourad HdiouadMoroccan footballerborn 1976
- Mourad MedelciAlgerian politician (1943-2019)
- Mourad DidoucheAlgerian military personnel1922–1955
- Mourad DaamiTunisian football refereeborn 1962
- Mourad Ainyassociation football playerborn 1980
- Mourad ZaouiMoroccan actorborn 1980
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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