Details for the forename Murdoch

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Murdoch (male)


Variants:	Muireadhach (M) Murchadh (M) Murdo (M)
Pet Name(s):	Murdanie (M) Murdie (M) Murdy (M)
Can be spelt:	Murdock (M)
Feminine form:	Murdag (F) Murdann (F) Murdina (F) Murdochina (F)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:	Scottish; Murdo and Murdoch are Anglicized spellings of the Gaelic Muireadhach/Murchadh derived from Gaelic "sea". In the 1841 Census of Aberdeenshire the variant Murdoch is far more frequent than Murdo which is very rare in that record.