Cormac

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Cormac is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Russian surname45 records spelled Cormac10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, United Kingdom, United States, Ukraine

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Кормак, Cormack, Kormak

41 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Cormac is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Irish Gaelic traditional name, of uncertain origin. It has been a very popular 54 name in Ireland from the earliest times. Cormac O Cuilleanndin, a roth-century king and bishop, was the author of a dictionary of the Irish language.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In English, Irish Gaelic; the lad of the chariot.

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• Irish Gaelic: traditional name, apparently composed of the elements corb defilement + mac son. This has been a very popular name in Ireland from the earliest times. Cormac Ó Cuilleannáin, a roth-century king and bishop, wrote an important dictionary of the Irish language. Cognate: Scottish Gaelic: Cormag .

  as a word

• In Irish, a male given name from Old Irish

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 53 years between 1956–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Cormac mac Cuilennáinb. 801IEIrish bishop and king of Munster
• Cormac Murphy-O'Connorb. 1932GBCatholic cardinal (1932-2017)
• Cormac McCarthyb. 1933USAmerican novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (1933–2023)
• Cormac Ó Grádab. 1945IEIrish economic historian and professor of economics at University College Dublin
• Cormac Wibberleyb. 1959USAmerican screenwriter
• Cormac J. Carneyb. 1959USUnited States federal judge
• Cormac de Barrab. 1972IEIrish musician
• Cormac Ryanb. 1998USAmerican basketball player (born 1998)
• Max Christieb. 2003USnot in their usual nameAmerican basketball player (born 2003)
• Cormac Cullinaneactor

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 222 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Cormac?

We estimate roughly 2.9 thousand people bear Cormac (counting its spellings and scripts) across 5 countries in our records.

In which country does Cormac have the most bearers?

Cormac is most frequently recorded in Ireland, where it is most often spelled cormac.

How common is Cormac compared with other names?

In Ireland, Cormac is the 156th most common given name of 13,994 given names recorded there.

Is Cormac a male or female name?

Cormac is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Cormac mean?

Recorded meaning: Perhaps ‘raven’; ancient king Cormac mac Art and Bishop-king Cormac MacCuilleanan.