Name: Cormac
Gender: Male
Usage: Cormac, of scottish-gaelic origin, is a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Cormac are in general originating from Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Cormac is: Son of raven, Charioteer.
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The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 8. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: ambitious, successful, realistic, powerful, authoritative, courageous, leading.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Leader, Visionary
Ruling planet: Saturn
Colors: Black, Purple
Gemstones: Ruby, Amethyst
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The name Cormac is ranked on the 9,993rd position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 25500 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Cormac has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
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History and Origin
Cormac is a masculine given name in the Irish and English languages. The name is ancient in the Irish Gaelic language, but its exact meaning and derivation remain unclear. The name is also seen in the rendered Old Norse as Kormákr.
Mac is Gaelic for "son of," and can be used as either a prefix or a suffix. The derivation of "cor" is not so clear. The most popular speculation is that it is from "corb," the old Gaelic for wheel, perhaps designating someone who fought in a cart or chariot as male names are often derived from order of battle. (For instance "Gary, Garth, etc., from "gar" for "spear.") However, some etymologies suggest it derives from the old Gaelic for "raven", a bird laden with mystical meaning for the Celts, and often used to mean "legend" or "legendary". Similarly, it might refer specifically to Corb, one of the legendary Fomorians of Irish mythology. In recent years an etymological back formation has been popularized that suggests it means "son of corruption" or "son of defilement" from another Gaelic word also pronounced "corb" which meant "something is not right in the council" and referring specifically to political treachery or dishonesty, but this "corb" postdates the usage of the names Cormac by several centuries, and thus could not be related to the name. Today the name is typically listed in baby names books as meaning "raven" or "legend" or sometimes as "charioteer".
Cormac james barbour==People with the name==
- Cormac
- Cormac Mac Airt, semi-historical High King of Ireland, Ruler of Tara ca. 227-266
- Cormac Cond Longas, exiled prince of Ulster from Irish mythology
- Cormac mac Cuilennáin, ninth-century bishop and king
- Cormac of Dunkeld ca. 1114-1131, Bishop of Dunkeld
- Cormac Mac Carthaigh, Bishop and King of Cashel, ? -1388
- Cormac McCarthy, American novelist
- Cormac Breslin, Irish politician
- Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, Cardinal and Archbishop of Westminster
- Kormákr
- Kormákr Ögmundarson the skald, hero of Kormáks saga
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.
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