Cormac

KOR-mak · meaning debated, often read as “charioteer”

Cormac is an Irish boy’s name, said KOR-mak, and it means meaning debated, often read as “charioteer”.

How to say Cormac

Cormac is said KOR-mak, written the way an English speaker would read it. Ulster, Connacht and Munster each put their own turn on a name, so you may hear it said a little differently depending on where you are.

What Cormac means

Cormac means meaning debated, often read as “charioteer”. Cormac mac Airt, the legendary high king of Tara.

Also written as

Cormac turns up in English with these spellings: Cormack.

Names that mean something similar

• Doireann: meaning debated, often read as “sullen” or “daughter of Fionn”
• Deirdre: traditionally read as “sorrowful”
• Neasa: meaning uncertain
• Setanta: meaning uncertain

More Irish boys’ names

• Conchobhar: lover of hounds
• Dáire: fruitful, fertile

All Irish names, with meanings and pronunciations · Write Cormac in Ogham · Cormac in the old Gaelic script