MURRAY (SURNAME)

'Murray' is a common variation of the word Moray, an anglicisation of the Medieval Gaelic word ''Muireb'' (or ''Moreb''); the ''b'' here was pronounced as ''v'', hence the Latinization to ''Moravia''. These names denote the district on the south shore of the Moray Firth, in Scotland. ''Murray'' is a direct transliteration of how Scottish people pronounce the word ''Moray''.
The ''Murray'' spelling is no longer used for the geographical area, which is called ''Moray'', but it became the commonest form of the surname, especially among Scottish emigrants, to the extent that the surname ''Murray'' is now much more common than the original surname ''Moray''.

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History

The 'Murrays' A considerable number of present bearers of this surname are of Scottish origin, especially in Ulster. It comes from Moray in N.E. Scotland meaning "sea settlement". The native Irish of this name derive from MacMuiredhaigh "descendant of Muireadhach" or Mac Giolla Mhuire "desecendant of the servant of the Virgin Mary". The Motto for Murray is "Imperio"."Murrays" trace their heritage back to the 12th century and take their name from the great province of Moray, once a local kingdom. It was during this time that the Flemish lords crossed the North Sea and established themselves in the Scottish realm. Among them was Freskin. It is possible that either Freskin or his son William intermarried with the ancient royal house of Moray. The senior line of the Murrays took the surname of Sutherland and became Earls of Sutherland by 1235.
Thereafter the chiefs of the Murrays were the Lords of Petty in Moray who also became Lords of Bothwell in Clydesdale before 1253. An heir of this line, Sir Andrew Moray, was the brilliant young general who led the Scots in 1297 in their first uprising against the English conquerors. He was mortally wounded while winning his famous victory at Stirling Bridge. His son, Sir Andrew Murray, 4th Lord of Bothwell, third Regent of Scotland, married Christian Bruce, a sister of King Robert the Bruce. He was captured at Roxburgh early in 1333 and was a prisoner in England at the time of the battle of Halidon Hill. He obtained his freedom in time to march to the relief of his wife, who was bravely defending Kildrummy Castle. Sir Andrew commenced with unabated spirit to struggle in the cause of independence and died in 1338. The last Murray Lord of Bothwell died in 1360 of the plague.
The chiefship of the Murrays fell into doubt amongst the various scattered branches of the name—from Sutherland and Murray itself, through Perthshire and Stirlingshire to Annandale and the Borders. By the 16th century, the Murrays of Tullibardine in Strathearn had assumed the leadership of the Murrays. This was formally confirmed by Bands of Association in 1586 and 1589. Lairds from all over Scotland recognized the supremacy of the line of Sir John Murray.
Sir John became the 1st Earl of Tullibardine in 1606. Thus, the Tullibardine hegemony was firmly established among the Murrays; and George Iain Murray, 10th Duke of Atholl was also Marquis of Tullibardine as recognized in Lyon Register as Chief of the Murrays. The 2nd Earl of Tullibardine married Lady Dorothea Stewart, heiress of the Earls of Atholl in 1629 and Marquises from 1676. To their medieval peacock's head crest (motto-Praite), they added the mermaid (motto-Tout Pret), as Lords of Balquidder; and in the seventeenth century, they took the demi-savage holding a sword and a key commemorating the capture of the last Lord of the Isles by the 1st Stewart Earl of Atholl in 1475: hence the motto Furth, Fortune, and Fill the Fetters. (Go forth against your enemies, have good fortune, and return with hostages and booty).
Since 1703, the Murray's chiefs have been Dukes of Atholl. For a time in the 18th century, the Murray dukes were also Sovereign Lords of the Isle of Man, with their own coinage and parliament, The House of Keys. The 1st Duke's younger son Lord George Murray, was the brilliant Jacobite general responsible for the highlander's astonishing successes throughout the greater part of the 1745 uprising.
Much of the above information about the Murrays was taken from the book ''The Highland Clans'', by Iain Moncreiffe of that Ilk.
Lord George's descendant George Murray, 10th Duke of Atholl, died in February 1996. The new Duke of Atholl is John Murray, 11th Duke of Atholl, a South African. The new Duke has taken the chiefship of the Murrays.

People

'Murray' may refer to many people (see also Clan Murray):

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★ Adam Murray, English footballer

★ Al Murray, comedian

★ Albert Murray, incuding:

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★ Albert Murray (writer) (born 1916), African American literary and jazz critic, novelist and biographer

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★ Albert Murray, Baron Murray of Gravesend (1930–1980), British Labour Party politician, Member of Parliament 1964– 1970

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★ Bert Murray (born 1942), English football player

★ Alexander Murray (1755-1821), U.S. Navy officer, Revolutionary War

★ Alexander Murray, (1775-1813) Linguist and professor at Edinburgh University

★ Alexander Murray (1816-1884), U.S. Navy officer, Mexican-American and American Civil Wars

★ Alexander Murray (1841-1904) (Alexander Stuart Murray), archaeologist

★ Alexander Murray (geologist) (1810–1884), Scottish geologist

★ Alexander Murray, 1st Baron Murray of Elibank

★ Alexander Murray, 6th Earl of Dunmore

★ Alexander Murray, 8th Earl of Dunmore

★ Alexander Hunter Murray

★ Aline Murray Kilmer, American poet

★ Allan Murray, Australian rules footballer

★ Alma Murray, (born 1854), actress

★ Andrew Murray

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★ Sir Andrew Murray, Guardian of Scotland in 1332 and again from 1335 to 1338

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★ Andrew Murray (tennis player), Tennis player, currently the top-ranked British player

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★ Andrew Murray (botanist), (1812–1878), Scottish botanist

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★ Andrew Murray (campaigner and journalist), member of the Communist Party of Britain

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★ Andrew Murray (children's writer), English children's writer

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★ Andrew Murray (golfer) (born 1956), English golfer

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★ Andrew Murray (minister) (1828–1917), South African minister of religion, missionary, and author

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★ Andrew Murray (politician), Australian politician, current member of the Australian Senate

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★ Andrew C. Murray, Texas state representative, 1893–1895, 1903–1905, and 1911–1917

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★ Andrew Murray, 1st Viscount Dunedin

★ Andy Murray (hockey player), Canadian ice hockey player, coach

★ Ann Murray, Irish mezzo-soprano

★ Anne Murray (born 1945), Canadian singer

★ Anne Murray, Duchess of Atholl

★ Anthony Murray, fictional character in ''Brookside''

★ Anton Murray, South African cricketer

★ Antonio Murray, English football player

★ Archibald Murray (1860–1945), British general

★ Arnold Murray, Christian Bible teacher

★ Arthur Murray (1895–1991), American dance instructor and businessman

★ Arthur Cecil Murray, 3rd Viscount Elibank

★ Athol Murray, Canadian priest and high school president

★ Lady Augusta Murray

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★ Bain Murray

★ Barbara Murray, actress

★ Bert Murray (born 1942), English football player

★ Bill Murray (born 1950), American actor

★ Billy Murray (actor) (born 1941), British actor

★ Billy Murray (singer) (1877-1954), American singer

★ Blake Murray American singer and guitarist

★ Bob Murray, businessman and former chairman of Sunderland Football Club

★ Brady Murray, American ice hockey player

★ Brett Murray, South African artist

★ Brian Doyle-Murray, American comedian, screenwriter and actor

★ Bruce C. Murray, American planetary scientist

★ Bruce Murray (cricketer), New Zealand cricketer

★ Bruce Murray (soccer), American soccer player

★ Bryan Murray (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey coach and executive

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★ Cameron Murray (born 1975), Scottish rugby player

★ Chad Michael Murray, American actor, former male fashion model and teen idol

★ Charles Murray (disambiguation page)

★ Charlotte Murray, Duchess of Atholl

★ Cheryl Murray, British actress

★ Chris Murray, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

★ Christian Murray

★ Christian J Murray

★ Colin Murray

★ Craig Murray (born 1958), British commentator on government foreign policy and former diplomat

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★ Daniel Murray (born 1862) Canadian mathematician

★ Daniel J. Murray, (Majestic Agent) (born 1972) United States

★ Daniel Alexander Payne Murray (1852–1925), African American intellectual

★ Darrin Murray, New Zealand cricketer

★ Dave Murray (musician), Iron Maiden guitarist

★ David Murray (disambiguation page)

★ David Murray-Lyon, officer in the Indian Army

★ Dee Murray (1946–1992), British bassist, best known as a member of Elton John's original rock band

★ Denis Murray, British television journalist

★ Denis Murray (athlete)

★ Deryck Murray, West Indies cricketer

★ Devon Murray, Irish actor

★ Don Murray (clarinetist) (1904-1929) jazz musician

★ Don Murray (actor)

★ Don Murray (writer) Pulitzer Prize winning writer for the ''Boston Herald''

★ Donald Walter Gordon Murray, Canadian surgeon

★ Douglas Murray (ice hockey)

★ Durno Murray, Australian ornithologist

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★ Ed Murray, politician from Washington State

★ Eddie Murray (born 1956), American baseball player

★ Eddie Murray (football)

★ Elaine Murray, Scottish politician

★ Eli Houston Murray, Governor of Utah Territory (1880-1886)

★ Eoin Murray, Irish auto racing driver

★ Eunice Murray, housekeeper of Marilyn Monroe

★ Eustace Clare Grenville Murray (1824–1881), English journalist

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★ Francis Murray, American mathematician known for his foundational work on functional analysis

★ Frances Murray Smith, mother of Rosalynn Smith Carter

★ Frank Murray, coach of the Virginia Cavaliers

★ Franny Murray, American football player

★ Frieda A. Murray, fantasy writer

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★ Garth Murray, Canadian ice hockey player

★ Geoffrey Cushing-Murray, American songwriter

★ George Murray (disambiguation page)

★ Gideon Oliphant-Murray, 2nd Viscount Elibank

★ Gilbert Murray, British intellectual,

★ Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto

★ Glen Murray (born 1957), Canadian politician

★ Glen Murray (hockey player), Canadian ice hockey player

★ Glenn Murray, English football player

★ Glenn Dale Murray, Sr. (1915-1991), American minor league baseball player

★ Gerald R. Murray, 14th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force

★ Gordon Murray, designer of Formula One race cars

★ Gordon Murray, Sr., American attorney at law

★ Gordon Murray (puppeteer)

★ K. Gordon Murray, American film producer

★ Graham Murray, Australian rugby league player and coach

★ Grant Murray, Scottish professional footballer

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★ Harold James Ruthven Murray (1868–1955), chess historian

★ Heather Lynn Murray Christian artist- singer/songwriter

★ Henry Murray

★ Harry Murray

★ Herbert Harley Murray

★ Hubert Murray, brother of Gilbert Murray

★ Hugh Murray

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★ Iain Murray

★ Ian Murray

★ Ian Munro Murray

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★ J. A. Murray (naturalist)

★ Jaime Murray

★ James Murray (disambiguation page)

★ Jamie Murray (disambiguation page)

★ Jan Murray, American stand-up comedian

★ Jamie Murray (tennis player), brother of Andy Murray (tennis player)

★ Janet Murray, professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology

★ Jenni Murray, British journalist and broadcaster

★ Jennifer Murray, British pilot and the first woman to circumnavigate the world in a helicopter

★ Jim Murray (sportswriter) (1919–1998), a sportswriter

★ Jim Murray (musician), a San Francisco musician of the 1960s

★ Jim Murray (football), an American football executive

★ Jimmy Murray, a Scottish footballer (soccer player)

★ Joan Murray, American poet

★ Joe Murray (born 1961), creator of ''Rocko's Modern Life'' and ''Camp Lazlo''

★ Joe Murray (cyclist)

★ Joel Murray

★ John Murray (disambiguation page)

★ John Stewart-Murray, 7th Duke of Atholl

★ John Stewart-Murray, 8th Duke of Atholl

★ Johnston Murray, Governor of Oklahoma

★ Jonathan Murray, television producer

★ Joseph Murray, American surgeon

★ Joseph Philip Robert Murray

★ Judith Sargent Murray

★ Juggy Murray

★ Junior Murray (born 1968), West Indian cricketer

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★ Kate Murray

★ Katharine Marjory Stewart-Murray, Duchess of Atholl

★ Keith Murray (rapper)

★ Keith Murray (rock) (born 1978), lead vocalist for We Are Scientists

★ Keith Murray, Baron Murray of Newhaven (1903–1993), British academic

★ Ken Murray (entertainer)

★ Kenny Murray

★ Kevin Murray

★ Keith Murray (ceramic artist)

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★ Larry Murray

★ Lee Murray (born 1977), a British mixed martial arts fighter of partial Moroccan descent.

★ Len Murray (Lionel Murray, Baron Murray of Epping Forest, 1922–2004), British Labour politician

★ Lenda Murray (born 1962), American female bodybuilder

★ Les Murray (broadcaster)

★ Les Murray (poet)

★ Leticia Murray

★ Lindley Murray

★ Lindley Murray (tennis player) (1892–1970), American tennis player

★ Liz Murray

★ Lowell Murray

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★ Madalyn Murray O'Hair (1919–1995), American atheist

★ Mae Murray

★ Magnus K. Murray

★ Margaret Murray (1863–1963), British Egyptologist

★ Margaret James Murray

★ Margaret Lally "Ma" Murray

★ Mark Murray

★ Mark Murray (rugby league)

★ Marty Murray

★ Matt Murray

★ Matthew Murray

★ Melony Murray, Robert Morris University Homecoming Queen (2006-2007)

★ Michael Murray (psychologist), a health psychologist from Newfoundland

★ Michael Murray (organist)

★ Mike Murray (cricketer)

★ Mike Murray (ice hockey)

★ Mitch Murray

★ Mitchell Durno Murray

★ Montolieu Fox Oliphant-Murray, 1st Viscount Elibank

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★ Nathan Lovett-Murray

★ Nathaniel A. Murray

★ Neil Murray (Australian musician)

★ Neil Murray (British musician)

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★ Patrick Murray

★ Patrick Murray, 5th Lord Elibank

★ Patty Murray (Patricia Lynn Murray, born 1950), United States Senator

★ Paul Murray (disambiguation page):

★ Pauli Murray

★ Pete Murray, Australian singer-songwriter

★ Peter Murray, Harvard Law Professor

★ Pete Murray (disc jockey)

★ Pete Murray (singer-songwriter)

★ Peter Murray-Rust

★ Philip Murray

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★ Ray Murray, American record producer

★ Raymond Murray, American Marine Corps officer

★ Red Murray, American baseball player

★ Rem Murray, Canadian ice hockey player

★ Richard Murray, British businessman

★ Rob Murray, Canadian ice hockey player

★ Robert Murray, any of several people

★ Robert Maynard Murray, American politician

★ Robert W. Murray, Australian rules footballer

★ Robin Murray, British psychiatrist

★ Ronald Murray, American basketball player

★ Ronald King Murray, Scottish politician and judge

★ Ruby Murray, Northern Ireland singer

★ Rupert Murray, film director

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★ Sabina Murray

★ Samantha Murray, author of "I will never be..."

★ Scott Murray

★ Sean Murray, actor known for ''NCIS'' television series

★ Sean 'Spike' Murray

★ Shaun Murray

★ Simon Murray

★ Stephen Murray

★ Steve Murray (Brookside), fictional character

★ Stuart Murray

★ Stuart S. Murray

★ Suna Murray

★ Sunny Murray

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★ T. C. Murray, Irish dramatist

★ Tavi Murray 8th woman to win the Polar Medal

★ Terence Aubrey Murray (1810-1873), politician in New South Wales

★ Terry Murray

★ Therese Murray

★ Thomas Murray

★ Thomas Jefferson Murray (1894-1971), United States representative from Tennessee

★ Timothy P. Murray

★ Tom Murray (curler)

★ Tom Murray (politician)

★ Tom J. Murray, Democratic U.S. Representative from Tennessee (1943-1966)

★ Tracy Murray, NBA basketballer

★ Troy Murray, Canadian ice hockey player

★ Ty Murray

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★ Wallace Murray

★ Walter Charles Murray

★ Will Murray, Ontario lawyer

★ Will Murray (writer)

★ Willard H. Murray, Jr.

★ William Murray (disambiguation page)

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★ Yvonne Murray, Scottish athlete

See also

★ McMurray