Given name & surname
Murat
Murat is a surname from French. It is used in English and Turkish.
Original FrenchMourad
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1966. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Murat through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 369
- 369 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,438 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −8%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,438 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 8.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 17 in 2014. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,890 as a first name in 2020; 633 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.
Murat’s family of names
In Turkish usage, Murat shares a linguistic root with the French form MOURAD. Murat is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Мурат. In Kazakh usage, Murat is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Мұрат.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Murat has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its French roots to each of them.
Frenchwhere Murat 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.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Murat
- Murat YakinSwiss association football player and coachborn 1974
- Murat BozTurkish singer (born 1980)
- Murat ZyazikovRussian politicianborn 1957
- Murat YıldırımTurkish actor (born 1979)
- Murat HanTurkish actor (born 1975)
- Murat KarayılanActing military commander of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)born 1954
- Murat ÜlkerTurkish businessperson (born 1959)
- Murat Kumpilovpoliticianborn 1973
- Murat NasyrovRussian singer (1969-2007)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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