Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Scottish : Victorious at sea

Boy name variations

Murdock
Merdock
Merdok
Murdoch
Murdok

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish : (Meath and Monaghan) Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Muircheartaigh ‘descendant of Muircheartach’, a personal name from muir ‘sea’ + ceardach ‘skilled’, i.e. ‘skilled navigator’. A Kerry surname of the same form is Anglicized as Moriarty.
  • Irish : (County Roscommon) Anglicized form of Mac Muircheartaigh (originally Anglicized as MacMoriarty) (see McMurtry).
  • Irish : sometimes of Scottish origin, an alternative to Murdock.

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