Murphy

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Murphy
Pronunciation/ˈmɜːrfi/
[needs Irish IPA]
Language(s)Irish
Origin
MeaningSea Warrior
Region of originIreland
Other names
Variant form(s)Murchadh, Murphey, MacMurphy, Morphy, O'Morchoe, O'Murphy, Ó Murchú, Murpy, Murphree

Murphy is an Irish surname.

Origins and variants

The surname is a variant of two Irish surnames: "Ó Murchadha"/"Ó Murchadh" (descendant of "Murchadh"), and "Mac Murchaidh"/"

Mac Murchadh" (son of "Murchadh")[1] derived from the Irish personal name "Murchadh", which meant sea-warrior or sea-battler[2] (muir meaning sea and cath meaning battle).[3]

According to historian C. Thomas Cairney, the O'Murphys were one of the chiefly families of the Uí Ceinnselaig who in turn were a tribe from the Dumnonii or Laigin who were the third wave of Celts to settle in Ireland during the first century BC.[4] The O'Murphys as one of the chiefly families of the Uí Ceinnselaig is supported by John O'Hart in his 1892 Irish Pedigrees; or, The Origin and Stem of The Irish Nation.[5]

Murchadh is reported to have been gripped with a boiling awful rage, an extreme elevation and greatness of spirit and intellect when he joined the middle of the action and prepared to assail the foreign invaders, the Danes, after they had repulsed the

Dal gCais. A gallantry and championship bird rose inside him and fluttered above his head and on his breath.[6]

In modern Irish, "Ó Murchú" or Mac Murchú rather than Mac/Ó 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.[7]

People with the surname

Men

Women

Fictional characters

  • Meg 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 (Days of Our Lives), in the American soap opera Days of Our Lives
  • Connor Murphy, from the musical Dear Evan Hansen
  • Elise Murphy, from the 2024 movie Tarot
  • Eric Murphy
    , in the HBO series Entourage
  • Frank Murphy, in the movie Blue Thunder (1983)
  • Hank Murphy, in the TV series Sullivan & 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 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 Nation

See also

References

  1. ISBN 0-7624-1269-0
    .
  2. ISBN 978-0-7165-2366-6
    .
  3. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1
  4. ISBN 0899503624
    .
  5. Benziger Brothers. p. 692-707.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link
    )
  6. ISBN 978-1-6131-0276-3
    .
  7. ^ "Genealogy Data: Frequently Occurring Surnames from Census 2000". Census.gov. Archived from the original on 21 December 2009. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
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