Around the world, マーフィー (Murphy 
, マーフィー 
, Murphey 
) is a common predominantly masculine, but very infrequently female first name. The first name マーフィー is habitual in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a common dominantly masculine, but infrequently feminine name, Eswatini, where it is quite a rare male name, and Hong Kong, where it is quite a rare largely boy's, but seldom feminine name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United States, and Nigeria. More frequently, マーフィー is the last name as well as the forename.
マーフィー is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Murphy Seeker , the character in the Resident Evil Franchise, Resident Evil 3.