What does the name Muratova mean? What is its origin? The question is partly cultural, partly historical. Let's start with the fact that many people are well acquainted with one of the bearers of this surname. Famous Soviet and Ukrainian director Kira Georgievna Muratova. Such masters as Oleg Tabakov, Renata Litvinova, Sergey Makovetsky starred in her laconic and expressive pictures in their own way. Obviously, if only out of respect for the memory of this master, we should do this research.
Meaning of last name
Studying the origin of the name Muratov, scientists in the field of etymology and anthroponymy identify two versions of its meaning.
The first of them is associated with the name Murad. Muslims so called the desired child - a boy. It is obvious that in the XV-XVII centuries, during the formation of nations and, accordingly, the acquisition of surnames until that time by familyless people, members of the family, where the head was a man with that name, began to be called "Muratovs". Thus, Muratova means belonging to a family where parents care and love their children,touchingly awaiting their birth.
The second version connects the origin of Muratov's surname with the Turkic name Murat, which means "goal, desire." Consider this version. Many people live with irresponsible attitude towards their lives. As if God intended them to live a thousand years. Aimlessly, in pursuit of the momentary and pleasures, their days and years pass. The surname "Muratova" expresses the opposite of this. Its bearer is a person who clearly and clearly represents his calling in life, and consistently serves him.
It would be useful to note that modern surnames, being repeatedly passed from older generations to younger ones, etymologically have completely lost their former semantic connection with the nickname of an old ancestor - the ancestor.
Turkic roots
Obviously, the origin of Muratov's surname was originally associated with its primary Turkic bearers. Later, after the Tatar-Mongol conquest, it spread to the western territories. This trend is indirectly evidenced by modern sociological studies.
According to them, the variant of this surname occupies the 32nd position in the prevalence rating in Kazakhstan. This surname is much less common in Russia. For example, the Moscow telephone directory contains 89,356 Ivanov subscribers, and only 2,678 Muratov subscribers. However, this figure also allows us to talk about the prevalence of the surname in the metropolis.
Mentioned in historical documents
The historical origin of the surnameMuratov in Russia demonstrate numerous old business records and documents. It is noteworthy that they mention "Murat" as a name: the peasant Murat Pustin (1556), the resident of Novgorod Murat Peresvetov (1614), the Rostov clerk Murat Chyurik. Also, in ancient books, the researched surname is repeatedly mentioned: the landowner Ratai Muratov (1555), the nobleman Boris Muratov (1564).
Among the historical bearers of the surname, there were those who were especially respected by the society. Muratov Vasily Vasilyevich is listed in the list of honorary citizens of Moscow in 1897. Let us note again: although representatives of the stronger sex appear in the above chronicles, it is obvious that their contemporaries called their soulmate "Muratova".
However, Russian etymologists traditionally associate the meaning and origin of Muratov's surname with the Turkic tradition. After all, the historical process of the formation of the Russian nation in the 15th-17th centuries through a series of conquests involved the involvement of people from other peoples in the army service of the country-empire. Service people from the Turks took Russian citizenship, enriching the etymology of their new homeland with new surnames.
Many well-known surnames of Turkic origin, carried by prominent Russians, are known to us to this day. Among them are Mendeleev, Karamzin, Dostoevsky, Turgenev, Derzhavin, Bulgakov, etc.
Conclusion
Thus, we have considered the main etymological version. According to it, the Turkic origin and the spread of the surname are taken as the basiswhen capturing territories.
However, did the surname Muratov come to us exactly from the east? Its history and origin testifies to an alternative (pro-Russian) position.
Thus, Pskov dialects contain their own special synonym for the adjective "angry": "muraty". In the old days in the Orenburg region, the verb “murat” served as a synonym for the verb “tease”, and the sweet icing on baking was also called “ant”. Could these words be historically transformed into surnames? Maybe yes. However, this version is based only on an assumption.
