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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).
William, Duke of Normandy, successfully invaded England in 1066, and this invasion left a lasting legacy in the English language, in general, and in surnames, in particular. According to Christopher Daniell, in From Norman Conquest to Magna Carta , 1140 marked what might be the first recorded use of a modern surname, inherited by multiple ...
Murphy Lee (born 1979/1980), American rapper; Murphy Mahoney (born 2001), English footballer; Murphy Morobe, South African anti-apartheid activist; Murphy Nagbe (born 1984), Liberian footballer; Murphy Pakiam (born 1938), Malaysian Catholic archbishop; Murphy O. Shewchuk, Canadian writer; Murphy Smith (born 1987), American professional baseball ...
William is related to the German given name Wilhelm. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic *Wiljahelmaz, with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name Vilhjalmr and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin Willelmus. The Proto-Germanic name is a compound of *wiljô "will, wish, desire" and *helmaz "helm, helmet". [3]
McMurphy, and its variants MacMurphy, Murphy and Murchison are anglicisations of the Irish language surname Mac Murchaidh. Mac Murchaidh has also been anglicised as McMurchy and MacMurchy. The clan originated in the ferns County Wexford such as Diarmaid mac Murchadha in the 17th century the clan was found in County Armagh.