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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • 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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