Comments for the name Cormac

Cormac McClagen is a character in the 6th Harry Potter book.

Cormac Maguire is one of the lead characters in the novels by author Erin Hart.

Actually means charioteer, a form of warrior in Celtic.

I love this name, it's the name of my fiance's nephew and he is too cute at almost 5 months! Unfortunately I can no longer use it my son's name. Also the character in Harry Potter is named Cormac McLaggen.

Defilement means impure condition, dirtiness, foulness, impurity.

Cormac McCarthy (born July 20, 1933) is an American novelist.

This name reminds me of the last name of the kid who is always dieing in South Park: Kenny McCormick.

Rather an unfortunate meaning.

I love this name. Its sounding, very masculine and chic. Who cares about the meaning? No one goes around introducing himself like "hello, my name is Cormac which means "son of defilement"".

Cormac means "son of raven". Cormac_mac_Airt was an Ard Ri (High King) of Ireland who ruled in the 3rd century - it's a great story! see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Cormac is an interesting name. And one could go by the nickname "Cory" or "Mack." Sadly, the meaning is not too pleasant. The meaning is: "son of defilement." Defilement means to make impure or unclean; to violate or deflower. So, in a sense, the meaning of the name could be "son of rape" because rape is of course an act of impure violation.

I prefer the charioteer and raven meanings. I can't imagine the name would become so popular in early Ireland if the prevelant meaning was son of defilement. I could be wrong, though. There could have been a lot of defilement going on.

As a true Irish girl, the last part wouldn't surprise me knowing what the Irish are famous for.

I really like this name for a boy & man!

The meaning of this name is really off-putting. Besides that, when I think of Cormac I just think of some Irish bloke.

Gee, that's a wonderful meaning... 0_o How did my Irish ancestors wind up with such a lousy name, when my Scottish ancestors are called "handsome?"

I think it's a pretty cool name. I have an ancestor named Cormac MacCarthy and that was the first time I heard the name. I doubt I would use it though because I live in the USA where the name is not used (or at least not often).

Cormac McCarthy is an American novelist. He was born on July 20, 1933 in Providence, Rhode Island. Some of his notable works include "No Country for Old Men" and "The Road".

From the word/name corbmac which means son of a charioteer.