The murray Surname
murray Name Meaning and History
- Scottish: regional name from Moray in northeastern Scotland, which is probably named with Old Celtic elements meaning ‘sea’ + ‘settlement’.
- Irish (southern Ulster): reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Muireadhaigh ‘descendant of Muireadhach’ (the name of several different families in various parts of Ireland), or a shortened form of McMurray.
- Irish: reduced form of MacIlmurray, Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Mhuire (see Gilmore).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Family Tree | MURRAY | 47 |
| MURRAY Charles J 1891-1931 |
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| MURRAY Nora B 1894-1974 |
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| John Walter Murray |
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| MURRAY George A 1924-1994 |
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| Wilson Murray, Boston and Maine |
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| Michael Patrick MURRAY & Mary McQuein-MA&MT |
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| Murrays from Glenariffe, Co Antrim | Anne Marie Stephen | 16 |
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