Murdock

A boys’ name of Scottish Gaelic origin, meaning dark skinned, from Muircheartach.

Babies a year
11
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Murdock by the numbers

Murdock was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 13 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Murdock. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Murdocsea warrior; variant of murdoch5 in the US (2017)
  • Murdochsea warrior or sea protector3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Maddockfortunate; son of Madoc5 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean darkness

Like Murdock, each of these has darkness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Adrianfrom Hadria; dark one6,317 in the US (2017)
  • Coltondark settlement; coal town5,261 in the US (2017)
  • Blakedark or pale3,782 in the US (2017)
  • Coledark, swarthy; charcoal3,458 in the US (2017)
  • Blakelydark or pale meadow; a place name used as personal name1,244 in the US (2017)
  • Donovandark brown warrior; surname used as given name1,056 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Murdock

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