| American Family Name Origins: McMurphy |
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Murchadha, a patronymic from the personal name Murchadh ‘sea warrior’, from muir ‘sea’ + cath ‘battle’. Compare McMorrow, McMurdo.
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