Murat

Usually connected with the Turkish name Murat or its appellative murat (“purpose, intention, desire”). But this may be a folk etymology, so Martirosyan tentatively proposes derivation from Old Armenian մօրատ (mōrat), մուրատ (murat, “mud, marsh”), alternative forms of մօր (mōr).

• Murad

• IPA^(key): /mʊˈɹɑt/

Murat

1. a river in the Armenian Highland, a tributary of the Euphrates

• Aratsani, Arsanias, Eastern Euphrates

Borrowed from French Murat.

Murat (plural Murats)

1. A surname from French.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Murat is the 36426^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 614 individuals. Murat is most common among Black/African American (49.19%) and White (40.72%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Murat”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 636.

• Martirosyan, Hrach (2009), “Armenian mawr ‘mud, marsh’ and its hydronimical value”, in Aramazd: Armenian journal of Near Eastern studies‎, volume 4, issue 1, pages 73–85 and 179–180

From murat, from Arabic مُرَادْ‎ (murād).

• IPA^(key): /muˈɾat/

Murat

1. a male given name from Arabic which means "the goal, the aim"
2. a surname