Murphy: Meaning, Popularity, Origin of Baby Name Murphy | Boys
Origin of the name Murphy:
Borrowed from the Irish and Scottish, Murphy is the Anglicized form of the Gaelic Murchadh (sea warrior). Murphy is the most common surname in Ireland. Var: Murphie.
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Murphy was my great-great-grandfather's last name. In 70 years I've met only one other real person (a young man nearly 60 years younger than I am) whose first name is Murphy. When I visited Ireland some years ago, the Irish uniformly considered Murphy an amusing first name. I neither met nor heard of anyone in Ireland whose first name was Murphy.
While Murphy is not entirely unique as a first name, and it's not unusual as a nickname, you'd be hard-pressed to find a more unusual, but not weird, first name.
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James Garner starred in the 1985 romance-comedy movie Murphy's Romance, co-starring Sally Field. Mr.Garner plays Murphy Jones.
Norman Reedus played Murphy MacManus in 'The Boondock Saints' and then again, ten years later, in 'The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day'.
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