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Girl name origins & meanings
- Irish : Sea warrior
Boy name origins & meanings
- American : Bold spirit
- Irish : Sea warrior
Boy name variations
How Popular Is The Name Murphy
Family name origins & meanings
- Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Murchadha ‘descendant of Murchadh’, a personal name composed of the elements muir ‘sea’ + cath ‘battle’, i.e. ‘sea-warrior’. This was an important family in Tyrone.