Irish · Unisex name
Murphy
“sea warrior”
About the name Murphy
Murphy is the anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Murchadha, ‘descendant of Murchadh’, a personal name meaning ‘sea warrior’, from muir, ‘sea’, and cath, ‘battle’. Murphy families were prominent especially in County Cork and County Wexford. As a given name, Murphy is used for both boys and girls, mainly in the United States. It is known from the American television series Murphy Brown and from Murphy’s law, the saying that anything that can go wrong will go wrong. The actor Cillian Murphy is a well-known Irish bearer of the surname.
- Meaning
- sea warrior
- Origin
- Irish
- Gender
- Unisex
- Pronunciation
- MUR-fee(2 syl.)
Variants and spellings
No common variant spellings are widely recorded.
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Middle names for Murphy
- Murphy James
- Murphy Lee
- Murphy Taylor
- Murphy Alex
- Murphy Riley
Questions about Murphy
- What does Murphy mean?
- Murphy is an Irish name meaning "sea warrior".
- How do you pronounce Murphy?
- Murphy is pronounced MUR-fee, with emphasis on the first syllable.
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