Muraad
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- moo-RAAD
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Muraad is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “desired, wished for”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Muraad mean?
Arabic: spelling of Murad
“desired, wished for”
Borne by several Ottoman sultans, including Murad I, who expanded the empire into the Balkans; the Turkish form is Murat.
Meaning borrowed from Murad. More on Wiktionary.
Is Muraad a girl's or a boy's name?
Muraad is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Muraad in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 300% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Muraad, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2023, with 5 boys.
In 2025, 29 boys in the UK were given Muraad or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #973, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
- Murad 25
- Muraad 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Muraad in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
Names like Muraad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Fahad, Hamza, Mahmoud, Amir, Musab, Zayd, Ahmed, Musa, Umar, Mustafa, Ahad
Other spellings of Muraad
Names related to Muraad
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Muraad: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/muraad, updated 20 October 2026.