Murphy (given name)

Murphy is a given name of Irish origin.

{{Infobox name

| name = Murphy

| pronunciation = {{IPAc-en|us|'|m|3|r|f|i}}
{{IPAc-en|uk|'|m|3|f|i}}

| gender = Unisex

| language = English

| languageorigin = 1. Irish Gaelic
2. English

| origin = From the Irish surname, which was derived from the Irish personal name "Murchadh".

| derivation = Irish: Murchadh

| meaning = "Sea Warrior"

| region = Ireland

| variant = Murphey

| shortform = Murph

| related names = Murchadh, Murdoch, Murdo

| footnotes = {{cite web

| url = https://www.behindthename.com/name/Murphy

| title = Murphy

| last = Campbell

| first = Mike

| website = behindthename.com

| publisher = Behind the Name

| access-date = 9 December 2024}}{{cite web

| title = Popular Baby Names

| url = https://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/index.html

| access-date = 9 December 2024

| website = The United States Social Security Administration}}

}}

Notable people and characters with the name include:

People

Murphy Akanji (born 1977), Nigerian footballer
Murphy Anderson (1926–2015), American comics artist
Murphy Bennett (born 2004), British footballer
Murphy Currie (1893–1939), American baseball player
Murphy Dunne (born 1942), American actor and musician
Murphy J. Foster (1849–1921), American politician
Murphy James Foster Jr., known as Mike Foster (1930–2020), American businessman and politician
Murphy Greenberg (1907–1984), American football player
Murphy Guyer (born 1952), American actor, playwright, writer and director
Murphy Holloway (born 1990), American basketball player
Murphy Ijemba, Nigerian radio personality
Murphy Jensen (born 1968), American tennis player and businessman
Murphy Lee (born 1979/1980), American rapper
Murphy Mahoney (born 2001), English footballer
Murphy Morobe, South African anti-apartheid activist
Murphy Nagbe (born 1984), Liberian footballer
Murphy Pakiam (born 1938), Malaysian Catholic archbishop
Murphy O. Shewchuk, Canadian writer
Murphy Smith (born 1987), American professional baseball pitcher
Murphy Su'a (born 1966), New Zealand cricketer
Murphy Taramai (born 1992), New Zealand rugby union player
Murphy Tomlinson, American curler
Murphy Troy (born 1989), American volleyball player
Murphy Walker (born 1999), Scottish rugby union player
Murphy Wiredu (born 1985), Canadian soccer player

Murphy Bellman, in the British TV series The Dumping Ground
Murphy Brown, the title character from the TV show Murphy Brown played by Candice Bergen
Murphy Cooper, in the film Interstellar (2014)
Murphy MacManus, one of the two main characters from the movie The Boondock Saints
Murphy Pendleton, the protagonist of the video game Silent Hill: Downpour
the title character of Murphy, Samuel Beckett's first published novel