The murtagh Surname
murtagh Name Meaning and History
- (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.
- (County Roscommon) Anglicized form of Mac Muircheartaigh (originally Anglicized as MacMoriarty) (see McMurtry).
- (Ulster): sometimes of Scottish origin, an alternative to Murdock.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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