Murchadh

Murchadh is masculine given name of Irish origin, used in the Irish and Scottish Gaelic languages.

Murchadh,Morfi
Murchadh in a Gaelic type, note the lenited c and d in the name (ch, dh) once appeared in Irish orthography with a dot above them, as pictured.
GenderMasculine
Language(s)Irish, Scottish Gaelic
Other names
Anglicisation(s)Murdo, Murdoch, Murphy
See alsoMuireadhach

Etymology

A Dictionary of First Names, published by Oxford University Press, defines the Irish name as being derived from the Gaelic elements muir, meaning "sea"; and cadh, meaning "battle". In the same book, the Scottish Gaelic name is defined as being a modern form of the Gaelic name Muireadhach, which means "lord", but is said to derive from muir, which means "sea".[1]

Anglicised forms

Anglicised forms of the name in Scottish Gaelic are Murdo and Murdoch.[2][3][4] As a patronymic surname, Murphy is derived from Murchadh and its patronymics, MacMurchadh and Mac Murchadha

People with the given name

Murchad

Murchadh

Murdo

See also

References
  1. 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
  2. Mark, Colin (2006), The Gaelic-English Dictionary, London: Routledge, p. 715, ISBN 0-203-22259-8
  3. Some Anglicised Surnames in Ireland, Padraic MacGiolla-Domhnaigh (1923)
  4. A Dictionary of Surnames, Patrick Hanks & Flavia Hodges (Oxford University Press, 1988)
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