Cormac
m.
Old Irish corbb, of uncertain origin, + Old Irish mac 'son'. OCM s.n. Corbb hypothesize that corbb is related to Old Irish corbbaid 'defiles', while others connect it with Latin corvus 'crow'.
The name of a mythological early Irish king and a 12th C king of Munster.
- Scotland
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- Latin
- ● 1093x1107 Cormac (gen) ESC XIV;
c1120 Cormacus (nom) ibid. XXXVI;
1124 Cormaco (abl) ibid. XLIX
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Cormac". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2016/3/name/Cormac.