as a Last Name
- 9,964
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Moriarty
Meaning & Origins
Irish (Kerry): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Muircheartaigh ‘descendant of Muircheartach’, a personal name composed of the elements muir ‘sea’ + ceardach ‘skilled’, i.e. ‘skilled navigator’. A Meath and Monaghan name of the same form is Anglicized as Murtagh.
| 3,125th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 9,964
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Massachusetts
- has the most people named Moriarty per capita
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