Given name & surname
Cormack
“a charioteer”
In English use, Cormack is a variant of Cormick. One Irish interpretation is “a charioteer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Cormack is a variant of Cormick. One Irish interpretation is “a charioteer.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Cormack is a variant of Cormick. An origin associated with Cormick is Irish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2007. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cormack through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 32
- 32 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #10,938 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,938 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,064 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Cormack’s family of names
Cormack has a related form in Cormick.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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