Murgatroyd
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Murgatroyd is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom. Recorded meaning: Person from Murgatroyd, former place near Halifax, Yorkshire (probably 'Margaret's glade').
- GBUnited Kingdom
- USUnited States
- AUAustralia
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Person from Murgatroyd, former place near Halifax, Yorkshire (probably 'Margaret's glade').
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Murgatroyd is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, from a lost Yorkshire place meaning ‘Margaret’s clearing’; first attested John Mergetrode 1379 PTY
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
habitational name from a lost place near Halifax, apparently named with the medieval personal name Marg(ar)et (see Margeson) -t- northern Middle English royd ‘clearing’ (Old English rod).
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In English, ford): habitation name from a lost place near Halifax, ap¬ parently so called from the medieval female given name Marg(ar)et (see Marguerite) + Northern ME royd clear¬ ing (OE rod). Munday see Monday
as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
In English, sonal name apparently from mion mite, small thing). Vars.: Mulvenna, Mulvany.
as a nameA dictionary of surnames
English: from the Yorkshire surname, in origin a local name from an unidentified place named as ‘the clearing (Yorkshire dialect royd ) belonging to (a certain) Margaret ’.
as a word
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Henry Murgatroydb. 1853GBEnglish cricketer (1853-1905)
- Samuel Lees Murgatroydb. 1864Samuel Lees Murgatroyd (1864-1957) 1957 Obituary [1]
- Cecil G. Murgatroydb. 1958NZNew Zealand politician
- Peta Murgatroydb. 1981NZNew Zealand-born Australian professional Latin dancer
- Chris MurgatroydDEresearcher
- Anna MurgatroydGBresearcher ORCID ID = 0000-0002-7362-0273
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 18 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EE Estonia | Siseministeerium — population register name list 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| GB United Kingdom | A Concise Dictionary of First Names (Hanks & Hodges, 2001) | — | — | — |
| GB United Kingdom | The Penguin Book of Baby Names (David Pickering) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Murgatroyd mean, and where does it come from?
- Person from Murgatroyd, former place near Halifax, Yorkshire (probably 'Margaret's glade'). Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- In which country does Murgatroyd have the most bearers?
- Murgatroyd is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Murgatroyd”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.