Given name

Murghey

Murghey is a masculine given name from Old Irish. It is used in Manx.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Murghey comes from Old Irish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Murghey’s family of names

In Manx usage, Murghey shares a linguistic root with the Scottish Gaelic form MURCHADH. In Manx usage, Murghey continues an earlier form in Muircath.

Walk Murghey’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

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Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Muldowney

“descendant of the devotee of Sunday”

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Moroney

“descendant of the devotee of (Saint) Ruanadh”

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Mulloy

“descendant of Maolmhuadh”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Murghey’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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