Given name & surname · also Irish
Mccord
McCord is a surname from Irish, ultimately from Scottish Gaelic.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
McCord comes from Irish, and ultimately from Scottish Gaelic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1993. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mccord through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 14
- 14 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2003. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1993. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 111 as a first name in 2020; 16,968 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.
Mccord’s family of names
In English usage, Mccord as a surname has a related form in MCCORT. In English usage, Mccord as a surname has a related form in MCCOURT. In English usage, Mccord as a surname has a related form in MCGUIRT.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
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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