Murdoch ( MUR-dok, UK also -dəkh) Is a Scottish and Irish surname and given name. An Anglicized form of the Gaelic personal names Muireadhach ‘mariner’, Murchadh ‘sea-warrior’, and Muircheartach ‘sea-ruler’, the first element in each being muir ‘sea’. Notable people with the name include: Given name. Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany, Scottish nobleman. Murdoch Macdonald, British politician and civil engineer. Murdoch MacLennan (born 1949), British media executive. Surname. Alexi Murdoch, Scottish-born singer. Alister Murdoch, Australian air marshal.
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