# Murtagh

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #66,119

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish.

## 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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/murtagh