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 (). From Middle Persian (), ( /pōlāwad/). Cognate with Iranian borrowing Old Armenian (), ().
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
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
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