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.
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McCormick (1889–1963), US professor of law and Dean at The University of Texas, the University of North Carolina, and Northwestern UniversityJohn McCormick (b. 1954), professor of Political Science at Indiana University Purdue University IndianapolisRichard L. McCormick (b. 1947), US professor and university administrator at Rutgers University and the University of WashingtonSamuel McCormick (1858–1928), US professor and administrator of the University of PittsburghCarolyn McCormick (b. 1959), US film and television actressF. J. 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McCormick (1839–1902), US Representative from PennsylvaniaJames Robinson McCormick (1824–1897), US Representative from MissouriJoseph Medill McCormick (1877–1925), US Representative and Senator from IllinoisLarry McCormick (b. 1940), Canadian Member of ParliamentNorma McCormick (b. 1944), Canadian Member of the Legislative AssemblyRichard Cunningham McCormick (1832–1901), Governor of Arizona Territory and US Representative from New YorkRobert Sanderson McCormick (1849–1919), US diplomatRuth Hanna McCormick (1880–1944), US Representative from IllinoisTerri McCormick, US member of Wisconsin House of RepresentativesAndrew McCormick (b. 1967), New Zealand-born Japanese rugby playerBob McCormick, Scottish footballerCody McCormick (b. 1983), Canadian ice hockey playerDaniel McCormick (b. 1986), US Olympic judokaDebbie McCormick (b. 1974), Canadian-born American curlerErnie McCormick (1906–1991), Australian cricketerFergie McCormick (b. 1939), New Zealand rugby playerFrank McCormick (1911–1982), US baseball playerHugh J. 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