Murray
Scottish
"settlement by the sea"Share
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Murray Origin and Meaning
The name Murray is a boy's name of Scottish origin meaning "settlement by the sea".
Murray, you may be surprised to discover, is a Scottish surname name --that of an ancient noble clan--with a sea-swept meaning, and just could be in the next wave of reevaluated grandpa names. Currently Number 60 for baby boys born in its native Scotland; it was at its highest in the US in 1922, when it reached Number 208, but has been off the list since 1975. Could it be time for a comeback?
TV Murrays have appeared on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Flight of the Conchords and Degrassi: The Next Gemeration.
Lisa Kudrow used it as the middle name of her son Julian.
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# 997 in the US
Murray Rank in US Top 1000
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Famous People Named Murray
- Robert Murray McCheyne (18131843), hymnist
- Murray GellMann, American physicist and Nobel prize winner
- Murray Newton RothbardAmerican economist
- Murray Jonathan GoldEnglish composer
- Murray "the K" KaufmanAmerican radio DJ, said to be the "fifth Beatle"
- Murray ChotinerAmerican political strategist
- Murray BookchinAmerican anarchist philosopher
- Murray James CookAustralian musician of The Wiggles
- Murray Leinsterpen name of William Fitzgerald Jenkins, American science fiction novelist
- Murray Stuart McCullyNew Zealand politician
- Murray Seafield SaintGeorge Head, English actor and singer
- Bill MurrayAmerican actor/comedian
- James "Murr" MurrayAmerican comedian
- Andy MurrayBritish tennis player
- Brendan Murraymember of Irish boyband HomeTown
- Matt Murraygoalie for the Pittsburgh Penguins
Murray in Pop Culture
- Murray RiverAustralia
- Murray Slaughtercharacter on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"
- Murraydog on TV's "Mad About You"
- Murray Lawrence Duvallcharacter in movie "Clueless"
- Murraycharacter in the Sly Cooper video game series
- Murray Hewittband manager on TV's "Flight of the Conchords"
- Murray the Demonic Talking Skullcharacter in the Monkey Island game series
- MurrayMuppet character on TV's "Sesame Street"
- Rick Murraycharacter on TV's "Degrassi: The Next Generation"
- Murray Bishopcharacter in Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom
- Madman Murraycrazy salesman character in cartoon show "Garfield and Friends"
- Murray Franklincharacter in the 2019 film "Joker"
- Murray Baumancharacter in Stranger Things
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