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mccormick

/məˈkɔː(ɹ)mɪk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.20 in modern English

Syllables
mc-cormick
IPA
/məˈkɔː(ɹ)mɪk/
23
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

name

An unincorporated community in Pope County, Illinois, United States.

name

A town, the county seat of McCormick County, South Carolina, United States.

name

An unincorporated community in Lewis County, Washington, United States.

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac Cormaic (literally “son of Cormac”), from Old Irish Cormac, Corbmac, which is itself from corb (“chariot”) + mac (“son”). The double patronymic "arose when the meaning of Cormac began to be lost sight of". Many books of baby names also connect the name to an Irish word for "raven".

Word Breakdown

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

MacCormick (alternative) McCormac (alternative) McCormack (alternative) McCormic (alternative) McOrmick (alternative)

Phrases

McCormick County

Rhymes With

formic cormick

Questions

How do you pronounce mccormick?
The recorded pronunciation is /məˈkɔː(ɹ)mɪk/.
What does mccormick mean?
A surname.
Where does mccormick come from?
From Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac Cormaic (literally “son of Cormac”), from Old Irish Cormac, Corbmac, which is itself from corb (“chariot”) + mac (“son”). The double patronymic "arose when the meaning of Cormac began to be lost sight of". Many books of baby names also connect the name to an Irish word for "raven".

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