Tracing the Murt Family Name

The last name Murt is another written form of Murtagh, an Irish family name. The family name meaning is “Descendant of the navigator”, the same as for Murtagh.

Spelling and variants

Records show Murt as one of the forms Murtagh took over time. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. You may also find the name written Murtha, Murtaugh and Mortagh.

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Heraldry and the Murt name

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Murt, so the heraldry linked to Murtagh is a starting point, not an automatic right.

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