McCormick (surname)

McCormick
Family name
Meaning	"son of Cormac'"
Region of origin	Ireland, Scotland
Related names	Cormack, MacCormack, McCormack, McCormick, MacCormick, Cormac, Cormach, Cormich, Cormiche
Footnotes: [1]

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^[2] 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".^[3]

Mac, Mc prefix

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.

Business

• 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

Education

• 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

Entertainment

• 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 female popular-music 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 female 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 (b. 1930), US musicologist and folklorist
• Mac Miller, aka Malcolm McCormick, US rap artist
• Sierra McCormick (b. 1997), US film actress

Fiction

• 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)

Law

• Andrew Phelps McCormick (1832–1916), US federal judge

Literature

• Malky McCormick (b. 1943), Scottish cartoonist and caricaturist

Navy

• 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

Politics

• 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

Sports

• Andrew McCormick (b. 1967), New Zealand-born Japanese athlete in rugby
• Bob McCormick, Scottish footballer
• Cody McCormick (b. 1983), Canadian athlete in ice hockey
• Daniel McCormick (b. 1986) US Olympic athlete in judo
• Debbie McCormick (b. 1974), Canadian-born American female athlete in curling
• Ernie McCormick (1906–1991), Australian athlete in cricket
• Fergie McCormick (b. 1939), New Zealand rugby player
• Frank McCormick (1911–1982), US athlete in baseball
• Hugh J. McCormick (1854–1911), Canadian athlete in speed skating, World Professional Speed Skating Champion 1890-92
• Jim McCormick (1856–1918), Scottish-born US athlete in baseball
• Jim McCormick US athlete in football
• Kelly McCormick (b. 1960), US female athlete in diving
• Luke McCormick (b. 1983), English athlete in football
• Mike McCormick (b. 1938), US athlete in baseball
• Moose McCormick (1881–1962), US athlete in baseball
• Nick McCormick (b. 1981), English athlete
• Pat McCormick (b. 1930), US female athlete in diving
• Stan McCormick (f. 1940-1970s), English athlete and coach in rugby
• Steve McCormick (b. 1969), Scottish footballer
• Tim McCormick (b. 1962), US athlete in basketball
• 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

Other

• 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

See also

• McCormack
• Cormac
• Carmack
• McCormick (disambiguation)

References

1. - origin
2. Robert Bell, Book of Ulster Surnames (Blackstaff Press/October 1989 ISBN 0-85640-416-0
3. http://www.ancestry.com/facts/McCormick-name-meaning.ashx Ancestry.com website