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{{Infobox given name2
| name            = Cormac
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| gender          = Masculine
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| language        = [[English language|English]], [[Irish language|Irish]]
| languageorigin  = [[Irish language|Irish]]
| origin          = [[Goidelic languages|Gaelic]]
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| meaning         =[[chariot]]eer, [[raven]]
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| petname         = Mac
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| derivative      = Kormákr, Corbmac
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'''Cormac''' is a masculine [[given name]] in the [[Irish language|Irish]] and [[English language|English]] languages. The name is ancient in the Irish language<ref>{{Cite book |last=Muirithe |first=Diarmaid O. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_fb4AwAAQBAJ&dq=irish+name+cormac&pg=PT53 |title=A–Z of Irish Names for Children and Their Meanings: Finding the Perfect Irish Name for Your New Baby |date=2007-03-06 |publisher=Gill & Macmillan Ltd |isbn=978-0-7171-6383-0 |language=en}}</ref> and is also seen in the rendered [[Old Norse]] as ''Kormákr''.

[[Family name#Surname prefixes|Mac]] is Irish for "son", 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 Irish for wheel, perhaps designating someone who fought in a cart or chariot as male names are often derived from the order of battle. (For instance "[[Gary (given name)|Gary]], Garth, etc., from "gar" for "spear.") However, some etymologies suggest it derives from the old Irish for "raven", a bird laden with mystical meaning for the Celts, and often used to mean "legend" or "legendary".{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}} Similarly, it might refer specifically to [[Corb (mythology)|Corb]], one of the legendary [[Fomorians]] of Irish mythology. Today the name is typically listed in baby names books as meaning "raven" or "legend" or sometimes as "charioteer".

==People with the name==

*[[Cormac Antram]] (1926–2013), American priest
*[[Cormac of Armagh]], medieval Irish archbishop
*[[Cormac Breslin]] (1902–1978), Irish politician
*[[Cormac J. Carney]] (born 1959), American judge
*[[Cormac Cond Longas]], legendary Irish prince
*[[Cormac Costello]] (born 1994), Gaelic football player
*[[Cormac Cullinan]], South African attorney
*[[Cormac Devlin]] (born 1980), Irish politician
*[[Cormac Izuchukwu]] (born 2000), Irish rugby union player
*[[Cormac Kennedy-Leverett]] (born 2000), Australian rower
*[[Cormac Kinney]] (born 1981), American entrepreneur
*[[Cormac mac Airt]], legendary Irish king
*[[Cormac Mac Carthaigh]], medieval Irish king
*[[Cormac Laidir MacCarthy]] (1411–1494), Irish royal
*[[Cormac mac Cuilennáin]] (died 908), Irish bishop and regional king of Munster
*[[Cormac McAnallen]] (1980–2004), Irish Gaelic footballer
*[[Cormac McCarthy]] (1933–2023), American novelist
*[[Cormac Murphy]] (born 1993), Irish hurler
*[[Cormac Murphy-O'Connor]] (1932–2017), British cardinal
*[[Cormac O'Brien (disambiguation)]], multiple people
*[[Cormac O'Doherty]] (born 1996), Irish Gaelic footballer
*[[Cormac O'Raifeartaigh]], Irish physicist
*[[Cormac Roth]], 16th century Irish archbishop
*[[Cormac Rowe]] (born 1983), Irish chef
*[[Cormac Ryan]] (born 1998), American basketball player
*[[Cormac Ua Liatháin]], Irish saint

==Fictional characters==
* [[Cormac McLaggen]], fictional character from ''[[Harry Potter]]''
* [[Cormac O'Sullivan]], fictional character from ''[[River City]]''

==See also==
*[[List of Irish-language given names]]
*[[Cormack (surname)]]
*[[McCormack]]

==References==
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{{Gaelic names}}

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[[Category:English-language masculine given names]]
[[Category:Masculine given names]]
[[Category:Irish-language masculine given names]]