Morrow (surname)

Morrow is a surname of Scottish origins.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

This article is about the name Morrow. For other uses, see Morrow.
Morrow
Language(s)Gaelic
Origin
Word/nameMurchadh, Moireach, Moireabh
MeaningSea Warrior, Sea Farer
Region of originScotland
Other names
Variant form(s)Murray, Moray, Murchison, MacMorrow, Murphy, Murrow, Morrowson, MacMurrough

Scottish

The Morrow name is ultimately a Scottish one, being first found in Lowland Scotland where the name can come from the Gaelic Moireach or Moireabh meaning "a sea farer" or "a settlement by the sea" respectively, or from Murchadh meaning "sea warrior". It has been variously spelt Morow, Murrow and Morrewe, the latter being first found on the Ragman Rolls of 1296.[9][10][11][12] Many Morrows emigrated to Ireland in the early 17th century, first during the Hamilton-Montgomery settlement when they came from Ayrshire and Lanarkshire and settled Down and Antrim and then during the Ulster Plantation when they mostly settled in counties Donegal, Londonderry, and Armagh. A number of Morrows who served in the Covenanter army were transported to Virginia after being captured by Cromwell at the Battle of Worcester in 1651.[13][14] Most Irish Morrows, especially in Ulster, will be descended from Scottish settlers due to the Plantation of Ulster during the 17th century.

Irish

Although a Scottish name, it has been used to anglicise a number of Irish Gaelic names, mainly "Murchadh" (muir and cath) meaning "Sea Battle" or "Sea Warrior", which was also made as Morrogh, Murrow, Moroghoe, and Murphy. In Petty's Census of 1659 O'Morrow and McMarrowe are recorded. However, it is more common for these Irish names to have been anglicised as Murphy, and it was more likely to find 'McMorrow' as an anglicisation of these names rather than the Scottish 'Morrow' on its own.

People with the surname "Morrow"

Fictional characters with the surname "Morrow"

References
  1. The Morrows and Related Families, Dr. J. T. Morrow
  2. Irish Pedigrees, John O'Hart
  3. Some Anglicised surnames in Ireland, Padraig Mac Giolla Domhnaigh
  4. The Scotch-Irish in America, Henry Ford Jones
  5. The Scot in Ulster. Sketch of the history of the Scottish population of Ulster (1888), John Harrison
  6. In memoriam, John Morrow Cochran, Jere Morrow Cochran
  7. Edwin P. Morrow--Kentuckian: A Contemporaneous Biographical Sketch, Willard Rouse Jillson
  8. Dictionary of Surnames (1994), Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges
  9. http://www.rampantscotland.com/ragman/blragman_m.htm
  10. Ludus Patronymicus, Richard Stephen Charnock
  11. A Scots Mediaeval Architect (1895), P. MacGregor Chalmers
  12. The Scotch-Irish : or, The Scot in North Britain, north Ireland, and North America, Charles A. Hanna
  13. Scottish Surnames in Colonial America, David Dobson
  14. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volumes 1-2, Rev. William Cogswell, 1847
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