Bulat

{{#invoke:other uses|otheruses}} Bulat is both a masculine give name and surname with various origins. As a masculine given name, it is derived from a Russian word meaning "steel", ultimately from Persian پولاد (pulâd).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> From Middle Persian (pwlʾpt'), 𐫛𐫇𐫓𐫀𐫇𐫅‎ (pwlʾwd /pōlāwad/). Cognate with Iranian borrowing Old Armenian պողովատ (połovat), պողոպատ (połopat).

There are patronymic surnames derived from it: Bulatov, Bulatović.

Notable people with the surname include:

• Alexandra Bulat, Romanian-English politician
• Basia Bulat (born 1984), Canadian singer-songwriter
• Gajo Bulat (1836–1900), Croatian lawyer and politician
• Gajo Bulat (1867–1927), Croatian lawyer and politician
• Iurie Bulat (born 1994), Moldovan weightlifter
• Ivan Bulat (born 1975), Croatian football player
• Lev Bulat (1947–2016), Russian physicist
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• Nicolae Bulat (1952–2022), Moldovan historian
• Nikol Bulat (born 1987), Croatian singer
• Rade Bulat (1920–2013), Yugoslav Partisan
• Tamara Bulat (1933–2004), Ukrainian-American musicologist
• Tihomir Bulat (born 1974), Croatian football player
• Tomás Bulat (1964–2015), Argentine economist and journalist
• Victor Bulat (born 1985), Moldovan football player
• Viktor Bulat (born 1971), Belarusian athlete
• Vitalie Bulat (born 1987), Moldovan football player
• Virginia C. Bulat (1938–1986), American author and historian

Notable people with the given name include:

• Bulat Abilov, Kazakh businessman and politician
• Bulat Aqchulaqov, Kazakh deputy Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources
• Bulat Iskakov, Kazakh diplomat
• Bulat Jumadilov, Kazakh boxer
• Bulat Okudzhava, Georgian "author's song" musician
• Bulat Utemuratov (born 1957), Kazakh businessman and diplomat

See also

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