Murphy

Full definition of Murphy

Proper noun

1. , the Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Murchadha
2. in occasional use, transferred from the surname.
• 2012 Louise Erdrich, The Round House, Corsair (2013), ISBN 9781472108166, page 178:Sonja made me promise I would go to college. She said she'd wanted her daughter, Murphy, to go. She'd named her baby Murphy because it could never be a stripper name. But her daughter had changed her name to London.

Noun

1. An Irish or white potato.