Marat is a common given name for males from the former Soviet republics.
Marat's language of origin is the
Tatar language. Its meaning can be translated into desire (desired), wish. It derives from the
Turkish name
Murat Murat may refer to:
Places Australia
* Murat Bay, a bay in South Australia
* Murat Marine Park, a marine protected area
France
* Murat, Allier, a commune in the department of Allier
* Murat, Cantal, a commune in the department of Cantal
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, itself derived from the Arabic
Murad
Murad or Mourad ( ar, مراد) is an Arabic name. It is also common in Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Turkish, Persian, and Berber as a male given name or surname and is commonly used throughout the Muslim world and Middle East.
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People named Marat
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Marat Akbarov, former Soviet pairs figure skater
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Marat Balagula
Marat Yakovlevich Balagula (russian: Мара́т Я́ковлевич Балагула; 8 September 1943 – 19 December 2019) was a Jewish-American organized crime figure, crime boss, and close associate of the Lucchese crime family and Colom ...
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Marat Basharov, actor
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Marat Bikmoev, football striker (soccer forward)
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Marat Bisengaliev
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Marat Ganeyev
Marat Ganeyev (born 6 December 1964) is a retired track cyclist from Russia, who won the bronze medal for the Soviet Union in the men's points race at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. He was a professional road cyclist from 1989 ...
, Russian track cyclist
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Marat Gelman
Marat Aleksandrovich GelmanOfficial (in the passport) Latin-graphics spelling of his last name is Guelman as in French. (russian: Марат Александрович Гельман; born 24 December 1960) is a Russian collector, gallerist, a ...
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Marat Grigorian, Armenian professional kickboxer
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Marat Izmailov, Russian football player
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Marat Khusnullin, Russian Tatar politician
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Marat Ksanayev
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Marat Magkeyev, football (soccer) player
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Marat Safin
Marat Mubinovich Safin ( rus, Мара́т Муби́нович Са́фин, , mɐˈrat ˈsafʲɪn, Ru-Marat-Safin.ogg; tt-Cyrl, Марат Мөбин улы Сафин; born 27 January 1980) is a Russian retired world No. 1 tennis player an ...
, Russian professional tennis player
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Marat Shogenov
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Marat Tazhin, Kazakh politician
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Marat Zakirov, water polo player
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Paolo "Marat" Lega (1868–1896), Italian anarchist
Other forms
* Russian: Marat (''Марат'')
* Ukrainian: Marat (''Марат'')
See also
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Marat (disambiguation), for people with the surname Marat and other meanings
References
Websters Dictionary OnlineNamepedia.org
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