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.
- England
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- Early Modern English
- ● 1581 Cormake RegBeb p. 22
- Ireland
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- Latin
- ● 1436 Cormacum (acc) RegOct 69;
1460 Cormaci (gen) ibid. 24,
Cormaco (dat) ibid. 25,
Cormacus (nom) ibid. 25;
1482 Cormacum (acc) ibid. 415
- Early Modern English
- ● 1591 Cormock IORCHAR-II p. xxv,
Cormocke ibid. p. xxv
- Scotland
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- Latin
- ● 1093x1107 Cormac (gen) ESC XIV;
c1120 Cormacus (nom) ibid. XXXVI;
1124 Cormaco (abl) ibid. XLIX
Cite as: A. Brown, S.L. Uckelman. "Cormac". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2021, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2021/1/name/Cormac.