murphy
/ˈmɜɹfi/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.13 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A unisex given name transferred from the surname, of occasional usage.
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Example Sentences
- "After a long talk between these two, and a little broken English from the Frenchmen, our visitors took leave; but Father Murphy had hardly gone a dozen rods when back he came, inquiring whether we were in want of anything."
- "A Granite Bay home previously owned by actor and comedian Eddie Murphy is back on the market for $12 million."
- "Sonja made me promise I would go to college. She said she'd wanted her daughter, Murphy, to go. She'd named her baby Murphy because it could never be a stripper name. But her daughter had changed her name to London."
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- "To the chimney nook, / Having found admittance, / There I watch a pup / Playing with two kittens / (Playing round the fire, / Which of blazing turf is, / Roaring to the pot / Which bubbles with the murphies) […]"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Ó Murchadha
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈmɜɹfi/
- British English: /ˈmɜːfi/