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[ 2 syll. mur-ray, mu-rr-ay ] The boy name Murray is pronounced as MERiy or MAHRiy †. Murray is mainly used in English and Scottish, and its language of origin is Irish Gaelic and Celtic. From Celtic roots, its meaning is settlement by the sea. The first name is derived from the Scottish surname, which is itself from the place name Moray in north-east Scotland, and ultimately of the Celtic 'moray' (by the sea) and 'mor' (sea). The name Murray is also used as an Anglicized form of the Gaelic Muireach, itself a short form of Muireadhach. In addition, Murray is a variation of the English name Macmurray. The Scottish Moray, the Irish Muirioch, and the English, Irish, and Scottish Murry are variations of the name. Another form of Murray is the English spelling variant Murrey. See also the related form, the Scottish Muireach. Murray is an unusual baby name for boys. Its usage peaked modestly in 1911 with 0.057% of baby boys being named Murray. It ranked at #213 then. The baby name has since experienced a steep decline in frequency, and is today of irregular use. Among all boy names in its group, Murray was nevertheless the most popular in 2008. Baby names that sound like Murray include the English Murrey, the English, Irish, and Scottish Murry, the Arabic Manar, the African Marar, the Slovenian Mari, the English Maurey, the Finnish Mauri, the English and Spanish Maurie, the Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese Mauro, the English Maury, the Hebrew Mayer, the French Merri, the English Merry, the Hebrew Meyer, the English Minor, the Finnish and Slavic Miro, the English Monro, the English Monroe, the Scottish Moray, and the English Morey. Details of famous persons named Murray:
† Pronunciation for Murray: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
