English Explanatory Dictionary

Murtagh

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Irish.

Word forms

Murtagh Murtaghs

Etymology

From the Irish surname, from Ó Muircheartaigh (“descendant of Muircheartach”), a personal name meaning "navigator," from muir (“sea”) + ceard (“skilled”). Compare Moriarty, Scottish Murdoch.

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