Marat
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Marat by the numbers
Marat was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 8 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Marat
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Marat. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Muratwish or desire; aspiration12 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marioof Mars; warlike; a form of Marius1,129 in the US (2017)
- Marcoof mars; warlike; form of mark1,001 in the US (2017)
- Makaitowards the sea418 in the US (2017)
- Malakangel or king47 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marianof Mary; relating to the Virgin Mary195 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Marat
Names that are said the same way as Marat, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Marteof mars; the god of war6 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Marat
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