Murray

Scottish

"settlement by the sea"

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.

Murray Rank in US Top 1000

# 997 in the US

Murray Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 680 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Murray

• 680 Nameberry 2025
• 90 Scotland 2024

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Famous People Named Murray

• Robert Murray McCheyne (1813 1843), hymnist
• Murray Gell Mann, American physicist and Nobel prize winner
• Murray Newton Rothbard American economist
• Murray Jonathan Gold English composer
• Murray "the K" Kaufman American radio DJ, said to be the "fifth Beatle"
• Murray Chotiner American political strategist
• Murray Bookchin American anarchist philosopher
• Murray James Cook Australian musician of The Wiggles
• Murray Leinster pen name of William Fitzgerald Jenkins, American science fiction novelist
• Murray Stuart McCully New Zealand politician
• Murray Seafield Saint George Head, English actor and singer
• Bill Murray American actor/comedian
• James "Murr" Murray American comedian
• Andy Murray British tennis player
• Brendan Murray member of Irish boyband HomeTown
• Matt Murray goalie for the Pittsburgh Penguins

The name Murray in Pop Culture

• Murray River Australia
• Murray Slaughter character on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"
• Murray dog on TV's "Mad About You"
• Murray Lawrence Duvall character in movie "Clueless"
• Murray character in the Sly Cooper video game series
• Murray Hewitt band manager on TV's "Flight of the Conchords"
• Murray the Demonic Talking Skull character in the Monkey Island game series
• Murray Muppet character on TV's "Sesame Street"
• Rick Murray character on TV's "Degrassi: The Next Generation"
• Murray Bishop character in Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom
• Madman Murray crazy salesman character in cartoon show "Garfield and Friends"
• Murray Franklin character in the 2019 film "Joker"
• Murray Bauman character in Stranger Things