Given name & surname
Murry
“the lord of the sea”
Murry is a variant of Murray. One interpretation is “the lord of the sea.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Murry is a variant of Murray. One interpretation is “the lord of the sea.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Murry is a variant of Murray. An origin associated with Murray is Scottish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1882. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Murry through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,179
- 3,085 boys · 94 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 99 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 94 in 1917. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,128 as a first name in 2020; 9,328 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Murry
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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