Murdoch Forename
Approximately 894 people bear this name
Murdoch Forename Definition:
A male name. Gaelic Muireadhach ‘sea man’. Now usually a surname, but still sometimes used as a christian name. Murdac Miles occurs as the name of a sub-tenant in the Sussex Domesday Book. The Irish form of the name is Murtagh.
Murdoch Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 100% | 359 | 1:14,904 | 845 |
| United States | 100% | 154 | 1:2,354,136 | 37,225 |
| Canada | 100% | 112 | 1:295,834 | 9,573 |
| England | 100% | 73 | 1:761,684 | 13,981 |
| Israel | 98% | 45 | 1:186,732 | 5,989 |
| New Zealand | - | 35 | 1:129,601 | 5,007 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 29 | 1:2,932 | 158 |
| South Africa | 89% | 27 | 1:2,019,728 | 59,997 |
| Australia | - | 26 | 1:525,293 | 8,160 |
| France | - | 7 | 1:9,495,763 | 30,047 |
| Wales | 100% | 5 | 1:618,862 | 7,373 |
| Singapore | 100% | 3 | 1:2,095,685 | 22,815 |
| Venezuela | - | 1 | 1:30,201,893 | 231,239 |
| Russia | - | 1 | 1:144,233,704 | 184,271 |
| Poland | - | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Peru | - | 1 | 1:31,791,454 | 110,866 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 1 | 1:8,152,314 | 202,620 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Norway | - | 1 | 1:5,132,329 | 37,513 |
| Netherlands | - | 1 | 1:16,902,083 | 43,152 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Indonesia | - | 1 | 1:257,963,668 | 1,335,696 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Brazil | - | 1 | 1:214,236,154 | 864,335 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Belgium | - | 1 | 1:11,490,041 | 43,727 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
Murdoch (29,463) may also be a surname.
Murdoch Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Gaelic Muireadhach ‘sea man’. Now usually a surname, but still sometimes used as a christian name. Murdac Miles occurs as the name of a sub-tenant in the Sussex Domesday Book. The Irish form of the name is Murtagh.
M. A Scottish variant of Murtoch, q. v. at Murtagh.
The English form of Muirdheach.
A Gaelic name: Muireach, Murchadh; the first is Middle Gaelic Muiredhaigh, gen. (M‘V.), Murreich, Muireadhaigh, g. (1467 MS.), Irish Muireadhach, Early Irish Muiredach, Old Irish (Latin) Muirethachus, Adamnan’s Muiredachus, “lord,” allied to muirenn and muriucán; Anglo-Saxon masre, clarus; Br. conomorios (?) (Stokes R. C. 1876.) The form Murchadh is in Irish the same, Early Irish Murchad: *Mori-catu-s, sea warrior. Hence (from the first) M‘Mhuirich (in Arran, etc., becoming Currie), and from the second, Murchison, Murchie, and Irish Murphy.
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Phonetically Similar Names
| Forename | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murdochs | 93 | 1 | / |
| Murdoche | 93 | 1 | / |
| Murdoc | 92 | 35 | / |
| Murdoch's | 88 | 1 | / |
| Murdosh | 86 | 17 | / |
| Mordoch | 86 | 3 | / |
| Mirdoch | 86 | 1 | / |
| Murdach | 86 | 1 | / |
| Murdo | 83 | 1,930 | / |
| Mordouch | 80 | 1 | / |
| Murdah | 77 | 376 | / |
| Murdha | 77 | 22 | / |
| Murdho | 77 | 15 | / |
| Murtdo | 77 | 3 | / |
| Mourdo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Murdod | 77 | 1 | / |
| Murdaah | 71 | 49 | / |
| Murtdha | 71 | 23 | / |
| Morduch | 71 | 14 | / |
| Murdaha | 71 | 8 | / |
| Murtdho | 71 | 3 | / |
| Murdoos | 71 | 3 | / |
| Mourdou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Murdhoj | 71 | 1 | / |
| Murdhaj | 71 | 1 | / |
| Murdahe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Murda | 67 | 530 | / |
| Mordo | 67 | 263 | / |
| Maurdhaj | 67 | 32 | / |
| Mourd'ha | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mourtdha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mourrdou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Murddaha | 67 | 1 | / |
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