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View Surname: Moriarty


MORIARTY
SOURCE: Occupation
USAGE: Irish
Meaning & History
From Irish Ó Muircheartaigh, meaning "expert navigator". Muir means "sea". This is the surname given by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to the well-known antagonist in the Sherlock Holmes series.
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