McCormick

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac Cormaic (“son of Cormac”),[1] from Old Irish Cormac, Corbmac, which is itself from corb (“chariot”) + son.[2] The double patronymic "arose when the meaning of Cormac began to be lost sight of".[3] Many books of baby names also connect the name to an Irish word for "raven".[4][5]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /məˈkɔː(ɹ)mɪk/

Proper noun

McCormick

  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Pope County, Illinois, United States.
  3. A town, the county seat of McCormick County, South Carolina, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in Lewis County, Washington, United States.

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References
  1. Harrison, Henry (1918) “Mac Cormac, Mac Cormack, Mac Cormick”, in Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary, volume 2, London: the Morland Press, Ltd., page 3, column 1: “(Celt.) Son of Cormac(k: v. Cormac(k”
  2. Harrison, Henry (1912) “Cormac, Cormack, Cormick”, in Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary, volume 1, Baltimore, Maryland: reprinted for Clearfield Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., published 1969, page 93, column 1: “(Celt.) Son of the Chariot [Ir. Cormac for Corbmac—corb, chariot + mac, son]”
  3. 1883, Harry Alfred Long, Personal and family names: a popular monograph on the origin and history of the Present and former Timespage 282
  4. 2011, Diane Stafford, 60,001+ Best Baby Names
  5. 2010, Bruce Lansky, The Very Best Baby Name Book: 60,000+
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