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Cormac

Say it: KOR-mak

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Meaning

Uncertain; often analysed as corb 'chariot' plus mac 'son', but other proposals exist.

Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.

Its wave through time

Popular now

In the United States

05101518801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2014per 100,000 babies of that sex
  • 2,922 babies given this name since 1956
  • At its height in 2014, about 1 in 9,800 boys
  • 151 babies in 2020

Through the ages

  1. The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
  2. The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
  3. The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

Irish

Famous bearers

  • Cormac mac Airt, legendary high king
  • Cormac mac Cuilennáin, king-bishop of Cashel
  • Cormac McCarthy, American novelist

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Where this comes from

  • The Irish annals and early Irish literature
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.

Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.