Boy name origins & meanings
- Latin : Dark-skinned; like a Moor
- Celtic : Sailor
Boy name variations
How Popular Is The Name Murray
Family name origins & meanings
- Scottish : regional name from Moray in northeastern Scotland, which is probably named with Old Celtic elements meaning ‘sea’ + ‘settlement’.
- Irish (southern Ulster) : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Muireadhaigh ‘descendant of Muireadhach’ (the name of several different families in various parts of Ireland), or a shortened form of McMurray.
- Irish : reduced form of MacIlmurray, Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Mhuire (see Gilmore).
