Murray

Where Murray comes from

Scottish surname derived from the place name Moray in northeastern Scotland, from Medieval Latin Moravia, Morauia, from Scottish Gaelic Moireibh, Moireabh, Moreb, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *mori (“sea”) + *trebā (“settlement”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Murray
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #425 among boys — 17 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1922
    Peak, #206
    628 babies named Murray — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1926
    Murray Rothbard born
    American economist
  4. 1929
    Murray Gell-Mann born
    American physicist
  5. 1933
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #321.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Murray Gell-Mann · American physicist, 1929–2019
  • Murray Rothbard · American economist, 1926–1995
  • Murray Bookchin · American libertarian socialist author, orator, and philosopher, 1921–2006
  • Murray Perahia · American pianist and conductor, born 1947
  • Murray Walker · British motorsport commentator and journalist, 1923–2021

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.