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Murphey

What does Murphey mean?

Murphey Pronunciation of Murphey as a boys' name. The name Murphey means "sea warrior". Murphey is a variant form of Murphy (Irish, Gaelic).

STARTS/ENDS WITH Mu-, -ey

ASSOCIATED WITH sea, warrior

Variations

VARIANTS Murphie, Murphee, Murfie, Murfey, Murfee

CREATIVE FORMS
(male)

(female)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Murphey Mack (M.M.), ..

How popular is Murphey?

Murphey is an uncommonly occurring given name for men but a very prominent surname for all people (#7762 out of 150436, Top 5%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Which version is better?

Murphy (#1166 THE PREVIOUS YEAR) is the only prominent related form of Murphey (OUTSIDE TOP 2000) appearing in the Top 2000. Adoption of this relation of Murphey was common 118 years ago and is almost as widespread today. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Murphy in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Murphey and related baby names outside U.S.

Similar Names

Suggested similar-sounding names are Burley, Burney, Curley, Currey, Fursey, Humphrey, Hurley, Markey, Marley, Mersey, Morey, Morley, Morrey, Morrley (see Morley), Muriel, Murray, Murrey, Murry and Worthey. These names tend to be more commonly used than Murphey.

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