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.

# 997 in the US

Murray Rank in US Top 1000

# 1005 on Nameberry

Murray Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Murray Popularity

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

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