Boy

Cormac

KOR-mak

Rare & Uncommon → Stable

✦ Meaning

“Son of the charioteer; from the Old Irish 'corbmac', an ancient Celtic king's name.”

Popularity Over Time

Cormac US popularity rank over timeRank 9026 in 1989 to rank 1033 in 2014. Lower rank numbers are more popular.#1033#5030#90261956198020002024

Cormac is not currently in the US top 1000.

Origin

IrishOld Celtic

Syllables

2

Nicknames

CormMac

Style

StrongLiteraryBoldVintage

Famous Bearers

  • Cormac McCarthy (novelist)
  • Cormac Mac Airt (legendary Irish king)

Collections

Literary Names → Mythological Names → Beautiful But Not Top 100 → Royal Names → Strong Names → Two Syllables →

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Cross-Cultural Notes

Irish; used in Ireland and Scotland. Recognisable via Cormac McCarthy.

People Also Ask

Son of the charioteer; from the Old Irish 'corbmac', an ancient Celtic king's name.

Cormac is not currently in the US top 1000, making it a genuinely rare choice. Usage has stayed pretty consistent over the past decade.

Popular nicknames for Cormac include Corm, Mac.

Names that pair beautifully with Cormac include Edmund, Alistair, Dashiell, Peregrine, Thaddeus.