The surname is a variant of two Irish surnames: "Ó Murchadha"/"Ó Murchadh" (descendant of "Murchadh"), and "Mac Murchaidh"/"Mac Murchadh" (son of "Murchadh")[2] derived from the Irish personal name "Murchadh", which meant sea-warrior or sea-battler[3] (muir meaning sea and cath meaning battle).[4]
It is said of Murrough (Murchadh) as he entered the thick of the fight and prepared to assail the foreign invaders, the Danes, when they had repulsed the Dal-Cais, that 'he was seized with a boiling terrible anger, an excessive elevation and greatness of spirit and mind. A bird of valour and championship rose in him, and fluttered over his head and on his breath.[5]
In modern Irish, "Ó Murchú", rather than "Ó Murchadha", is used.
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For other uses see Murphy disambiguation Murphy ˈ m ɜːr f i Irish o Murchu 1 is an Irish surname and the most common surname in the Republic of Ireland Murphyo MurchuLanguage s IrishOriginMeaningSea WarriorRegion of originIrelandOther namesVariant form s Murchadh Murphey MacMurphy MacMurrough Morphy O Morchoe O Murphy o Murchu Murray Morrow MacMorrow Murfoir Murpy Morfin Murfin Contents 1 Origins and variants 2 People with the surname 2 1 Men 2 2 Women 3 Fictional characters 4 See also 5 ReferencesOrigins and variants EditThe surname is a variant of two Irish surnames o Murchadha o Murchadh descendant of Murchadh and Mac Murchaidh Mac Murchadh son of Murchadh 2 derived from the Irish personal name Murchadh which meant sea warrior or sea battler 3 muir meaning sea and cath meaning battle 4 It is said of Murrough Murchadh as he entered the thick of the fight and prepared to assail the foreign invaders the Danes when they had repulsed the Dal Cais that he was seized with a boiling terrible anger an excessive elevation and greatness of spirit and mind A bird of valour and championship rose in him and fluttered over his head and on his breath 5 In modern Irish o Murchu rather than o Murchadha is used Murphy is the most common surname in Ireland the fourteenth most common surname in Northern Ireland and the fifty eighth most common surname in the United States 6 People with the surname EditMen Edit Jack Murphy born 2010 WWE Wrestler Aaron James Murphy born 1992 New Zealand actor Anthony Murphy cricketer born 1962 English cricketer Arthur Murphy disambiguation multiple people Audie Murphy 1925 1971 American war hero and actor Austin J Murphy born 1927 Democratic Congressman from Pennsylvania Barnes Murphy born 1947 former Gaelic footballer Bos Murphy 1924 2000 New Zealand boxer Brian Murphy disambiguation multiple people Buddy Murphy Australian professional wrestler Byron Murphy born 1998 American football player Calvin Murphy born 1948 American retired basketball player Charles Murphy disambiguation multiple people Chris Murphy Connecticut politician born 1973 United States Senator from Connecticut Ciaran Murphy Irish T D Cillian Murphy born 1976 Irish actor Colin Murphy disambiguation multiple people Colm Murphy born 1952 Irish alleged suspect in the Omagh bombing Connor Murphy born 1993 American ice hockey player Conor Murphy Sinn Fein politician in Northern Ireland Dale Murphy born 1956 American retired baseball player Dale D Murphy professor at Georgetown University Daniel Murphy disambiguation multiple people Darren Murphy born 1985 Irish footballer Darren Murphy Australian rules footballer born 1964 Darren Murphy 1961 2012 bassist with the British punk rock post punk band Wasted Youth Daryl Murphy Irish football player David Murphy disambiguation multiple people Derek Murphy born 1968 American rapper better known as Sadat X Dick Murphy born 1942 American retired Republican politician Donald E Murphy born 1960 American Republican politician Donnie Murphy born 1983 American baseball player Eddie Murphy disambiguation multiple people Edward Murphy disambiguation multiple people Elliott Murphy born 1949 American singer songwriter Erik Murphy born 1990 American Finnish basketball player Everett J Murphy 1852 1922 politician Francis Murphy disambiguation multiple people Frank Murphy disambiguation multiple people Fred Murphy disambiguation multiple people Gary Murphy 1972 Irish professional golfer Gary Murphy 1948 New Zealand cricketer Geoff Murphy 1938 2018 New Zealand filmmaker Geoffrey Mostyn Murphy 1922 2011 Australian boxer better known as Tommy Burns Glen Murphy 1957 British actor George Murphy 1902 1992 American dancer actor and Republican Senator Grayson Murphy disambiguation Harold Lloyd Murphy 1927 2022 American judge Henry Murphy disambiguation multiple people Isaac Murphy 1802 1882 Republican Governor of Arkansas Isaac Burns Murphy 1861 1896 American Hall of Fame jockey Isaiah Murphy a k a Shinsaku Enomoto born 1998 Japanese basketball player Jack Murphy disambiguation multiple people Jacob Murphy born 1995 English footballer James Murphy disambiguation multiple people people named James or Jimmy Jim Murphy disambiguation multiple people John Murphy disambiguation multiple people Joseph Murphy disambiguation multiple people Josh Murphy born 1995 English footballer Kevin Murphy disambiguation multiple people Lambert Murphy 1885 American operatic tenor Landau Eugene Murphy Jr born 1974 American singer winner of season 6 of America s Got Talent Larry Murphy disambiguation multiple people Lawrence Murphy disambiguation multiple people Lionel Murphy born 1922 Australian politician and jurist Loren E Murphy 1882 1963 American jurist Marc Murphy footballer born 1987 Australian rules footballer Mark Murphy disambiguation multiple people Martin Murphy disambiguation multiple people Matt Murphy disambiguation multiple people Maurice Murphy actor 1913 1978 American actor Michael Murphy disambiguation multiple people people named Michael Mick or Mike Mickey Murphy born 1985 Gaelic footballer Miles Murphy born 1967 Australian sprinter Myles Murphy disambiguation multiple people multiple people Nicholas Murphy born 1978 Gaelic footballer Nicholas Daniel Murphy 1811 1890 Irish politician from Cork Member of Parliament MP 1865 1880 Nick Murphy disambiguation multiple people Oakes Murphy 1849 1908 two time Governor of Arizona Territory Pat Murphy disambiguation multiple people Patricia Murphy disambiguation multiple people Patrick Murphy disambiguation multiple people Paul Murphy disambiguation multiple people Peter Murphy disambiguation multiple people Phil Murphy disambiguation multiple people people named Phil Philip or Phillip Richard Murphy disambiguation multiple people people named Richard some nicknamed Dick Robert Murphy disambiguation multiple people people named Robert Rob Bob or Bobby Roger P Murphy American legislator and jurist Ryan Murphy disambiguation multiple people Scott Murphy American entrepreneur and politician Scott Murphy video game designer a programmer behind the Space Quest series Sean Murphy disambiguation multiple people Sebastian Murphy Captain Founding Father of Utuado Puerto Rico b circa 1696 Shaun Murphy disambiguation multiple people Shawn Murphy disambiguation multiple people Stephen Murphy disambiguation multiple people Storm Murphy born 1999 American basketball player Sydney Murphy born 1960 Vincentian retired cricketer Timothy Murphy disambiguation multiple people people named Timothy or Tim Thomas Murphy disambiguation multiple people people named Thomas or Tom Trent Murphy 2013 outside linebacker in the National Football League played for the Washington Redskins and Buffalo Bills Troy Murphy power forward for the Boston Celtics Vincent B Murphy NYS Comptroller 1925 1926 Vincent J Murphy Mayor of Newark 1941 1949 Wendell H Murphy American politician William Murphy disambiguation multiple people Yale Murphy 1869 1906 American baseball player Yo Murphy born 1971 American former football playerWomen Edit Ashling Murphy Irish teacher suspected of being murdered Alexis Murphy American murder victim Amee Leigh Murphy Crowe born 1995 Irish rugby sevens and union player Annie Murphy born 1986 Canadian actress Brittany Murphy 1977 2009 American actress Dervla Murphy born 1931 travel writer Carolyn Murphy born 1975 American model Diana E Murphy 1934 2018 American judge Donna Murphy born 1958 American Tony Award winning actress Erin Murphy disambiguation multiple people Gail C Murphy Canadian computer scientist Gillian Murphy principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre Jess Murphy New Zealand born chef based in Galway Ireland Julie Murphy singer born 1961 Welsh singer Julie Murphy author American novelist Katherine Murphy journalist political editor of Guardian Australia Kelly Murphy born 1977 American author and illustrator Margaret Mary Healy Murphy 1833 1907 American Catholic nun Mary Murphy disambiguation multiple people Roisin Murphy born 1973 Irish electronica singer songwriter and producer Shaun Murphy singer a k a Stoney American singer Stephanie Murphy Vietnamese American politician Stephanie J Murphy American veterinary scientist Tammy Murphy born 1965 American bankerFictional characters EditMeg Murphy the main character in the movie Jinxed 2013 Murphy Cooper in the film Interstellar Captain Ed Murphy a character in the 1987 American buddy cop action movie Lethal Weapon Captain Murphy from the Adult Swim animated series Sealab 2021 Alex James Murphy the police officer who became RoboCop Alexis Lex Murphy in the film Jurassic Park Frank Sue Bill Kevin and Maureen Murphy from the Netflix original F Is for Family Bleeding Gums Murphy on the cartoon TV series The Simpsons Bridey Murphy historical character in a hypnotic regression case detailed in Bernstein s The Search for Bridey Murphy Coach Murphy a character in the 2009 American fantasy comedy movie 17 Again Colin Murphy fiction in the American soap opera Days of Our Lives Connor Murphy from the musical Dear Evan Hansen Eric Murphy in the HBO series Entourage Frank Murphy in the movie Blue Thunder 1983 Hank Murphy in the TV series Sullivan amp Son 2012 John Murphy in the TV series The 100 Karrin Murphy in Jim Butcher s novel series The Dresden Files named Connie Murphy in the TV series of the same title Ken Murphy a character in the 2009 American romantic comedy drama movie He s Just Not That Into You Milo Murphy in the American animated TV series Milo Murphy s Law Professor Michael Murphy the protagonist in the Babylon Rising series by Dr Tim LaHaye Randle Patrick McMurphy one of the main characters in Ken Kesey s novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo s Nest 1962 Ray Murphy birth name of Gino Esposito in the Australian soap opera Neighbours Sean Murphy Oz in the HBO TV drama series Oz Sergeant Murphy a fictional character in the Richard Scarry books Susan Murphy aka Ginormica one of the main protagonists of the film Monsters vs Aliens Alvin Bernard Murphy in the TV series Z NationSee also EditJustice Murphy disambiguation Murph disambiguation References Edit Murchadh Database of Irish language Surnames Gaois Retrieved 26 December 2022 Brewer Paul 2002 Ireland History People Culture Running Press p 351 ISBN 0 7624 1269 0 MacLysaght Edward 1991 The Surnames of Ireland Irish Academic Press p 221 ISBN 978 0 7165 2366 6 Hanks Patrick Hardcastle Kate Hodges Flavia 2006 A Dictionary of First Names Oxford Paperback Reference 2nd ed Oxford Oxford University Press pp 352 406 ISBN 978 0 19 861060 1 Hennessey W M 28 September 2020 The Ancient Irish Goddess of War Library of Alexandria p 307 ISBN 978 1 6131 0276 3 Genealogy Data Frequently Occurring Surnames from Census 2000 Census gov Archived from the original on 21 December 2009 Retrieved 19 April 2012 This page lists people with the surname Murphy If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page you 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