McCormick is a family name that originated in Ireland and Scotland. Spelling variations: Cormack, MacCormack, McCormack, McCormick, MacCormick,Carmack, Cormac, Cormach, Cormich and Cormiche. It comes from the first name of the original bearer. A person whose father was named Cormac would identify as Mc (i.e. "son of") Cormac; the combination was continued as the family name by subsequent generations.
Cormac is translated literally as "Charioteer, Warrior". The name was a very popular choice of names by parents in medieval times: this was due to the influences of the Saint of the same name. Saint Cormac was the first Bishop of Cashel an important diocese in the south of Ireland. Cashel was also the King of Munster and responsible for a famous book of Psalms, the Cashel Psalter, he died in battle in AD 908. In those days the McCormack was the name of a powerful Sept (Clan or Family) in the county of Longford.
In 1576, 1598 and 1600, MacCormicks are recorded as leading gentry in County Cork and one, of Muskerry, was influential enough to raise a large force to assist Desmond in the Elizabethan wars. The Annals of the Four Masters record the deaths of several prominent MacCormicks of County Fermanagh; the last of these died in 1431.
Another possible derivation of the name is that it comes from the gaelic Mac Cormaic which comes from corb and mac meaning "Ravenson".
Scottish and Irish patronymic surnames frequently have the prefix Mac or Mc. When these surnames were originally developed, they were formed by adding the Gaelic word, mac, which means son of, to the name of the original bearer's father, or to the father's trade.
Cyrus McCormick (1809–1884), US inventor and businessman
Daniel McCormick (1739/40-1834), Scottish-born US businessman and banker
Harold Fowler McCormick (1872–1941), US businessman, son of Cyrus McCormick
Joseph B. McCormick, head of a branch at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
L. Hamilton McCormick (1859–1934), US inventor and businessman, nephew of Cyrus McCormick
Leander J. McCormick (1819–1900), US businessman and philanthropist
Robert Hall McCormick (1780–1846), US inventor, father of Cyrus McCormick
Robert R. McCormick (1880–1955), US newspaper publisher
William McCormick (b. 1939), US businessman and government ambassador
William Sanderson McCormick (1815–1865), US businessman, brother of Cyrus McCormick
Bruce H. McCormick (1928–2007), US professor of computer scientist at Texas A&M University
Charles T. McCormick (1889–1963), US professor of law and Dean at The University of Texas, the University of North Carolina, and Northwestern University
John McCormick (b. 1954), professor of Political Science at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
Richard L. McCormick (b. 1947), US professor and university administrator at Rutgers University and the University of Washington
Samuel McCormick (1858–1928), US professor and administrator of the University of Pittsburgh
Carolyn McCormick (b. 1959), US film and television actress
F. J. McCormick (1889–1947), Irish theater and film actor
Gayle McCormick (f. 1960-1970s), US singer
Haley McCormick (bc. 1985), American television and film actress
Jill McCormick (b. 1977), US fashion model
Larry McCormick (1933–2004), US television personality
Lisa McCormick (f. 1990-2000s), US singer and songwriter
Matt McCormick (f. 1990-2000s), US film producer and director
Maureen McCormick (b. 1956), US television and film actress
Megan McCormick (b. 1973), US television personality
Pat McCormick, US film actor and screenwriter
Pat McCormick (f. 1950-1980s), US television personality
Peter Dodds McCormick (1834?-1916), Australian songwriter, composer of Australian anthem
Robert "Mack" McCormick (1930-2015), US musicologist and folklorist
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Sierra McCormick (b. 1997), US film actress
Dan McCormick, fictional character in the film Man Made Monster
Kenny McCormick, fictional character in the animated series South Park.
Helen and Bartley McCormick, fictional characters in the The Cripple of Inishmaan (play by Martin McDonagh)
Andrew Phelps McCormick (1832–1916), US federal judge
Malky McCormick (b. 1943), Scottish cartoonist and caricaturist
Alexander McCormick, Jr. (1897–1918), US pilot in World War I
Robert McCormick (explorer) (1800–1890), British Royal Navy surgeon, explorer and naturalist
Lynde D. McCormick (1895–1956), Four-Star Admiral, Commander in Chief of the United States Atlantic Fleet, First supreme allied commander of all NATO forces in the Atlantic
Dale McCormick (b. 1947), US senator from Maine
Henry C. McCormick (1839–1902), US Representative from Pennsylvania
James Robinson McCormick (1824–1897), US Representative from Missouri
Joseph Medill McCormick (1877–1925), US Representative and Senator from Illinois
Larry McCormick (b. 1940), Canadian Member of Parliament
Norma McCormick (b. 1944), Canadian Member of the Legislative Assembly
Richard Cunningham McCormick (1832–1901), Governor of Arizona Territory and US Representative from New York
Robert Sanderson McCormick (1849–1919), US diplomat
Ruth Hanna McCormick (1880–1944), US Representative from Illinois
Terri McCormick, US member of Wisconsin House of Representatives
Andrew McCormick (b. 1967), New Zealand-born Japanese rugby player
Bob McCormick, Scottish footballer
Cody McCormick (b. 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
Daniel McCormick (b. 1986), US Olympic judoka
Debbie McCormick (b. 1974), Canadian-born American curler
Ernie McCormick (1906–1991), Australian cricketer
Fergie McCormick (b. 1939), New Zealand rugby player
Frank McCormick (1911–1982), US baseball player
Hugh J. McCormick (1854–1911), Canadian speed skater, World Professional Speed Skating Champion 1890-92
Jim McCormick (1856–1918), Scottish-born US baseball player
Jim McCormick, US football player
Kelly McCormick (b. 1960), US diver
Luke McCormick (b. 1983), English footballer
Mike McCormick (b. 1938), US baseball player
Moose McCormick (1881–1962), US baseball player
Nick McCormick (b. 1981), English long distance runner
Pat McCormick (b. 1930), US diver
Stan McCormick (f. 1940-1970s), English rugby player and coach
Steve McCormick (b. 1969), Scottish footballer
Tim McCormick (b. 1962), US basketball player
Tom McCormick (1930-2012), American football halfback for the Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers
Tom McCormick (boxer) (1890-1916), welterweight boxer of the 1910s
Arthur David McCormick (1860–1943), British artist
Edith Rockefeller McCormick (1872–1932), US socialite and opera patron
Katherine McCormick (1875–1967), US biologist, suffragette, philanthropist
John Wesley McCormick (1754–1837), early US settler in Indiana
Malky McCormick, Scotland's best known cartoonist and caricaturist
Nancy Fowler McCormick (1835–1923), US philanthropist. Widow of Cyrus McCormick
Ricky McCormick (1958-1999), a men who mysteriously died. Found in St.Charles, Missouri with two encrypted notes
