Meaning and background
The story behind Mccormick
McCormick is the anglicised spelling of an Irish and Scottish Gaelic family name. Its older form, Mac Cormaic, means “son of Cormac”. Reference works relate the personal name Cormac to older Gaelic elements, including a word for raven, but it is misleading to translate every McCormick simply as “raven”. For a dog, the three-syllable surname provides a formal choice with a clear traditional naming chain.
- Origin
- Irish and Scottish surname anglicised from Gaelic Mac Cormaic, “son of Cormac”, a personal name traditionally analysed with an element for raven. Source
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Mccormick appears in 2 dog licence records in the 2022 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/məkɔɹmɪk/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the second syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/məkɔɹmɪk/ · primary stress on syllable 2M AH0 K AO1 R M IH0 K
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — all seven available extract years, retrieved 24 October 2026 — Recorded name spellings in NYC licence-period rows, extract years 2016–2018, 2022–2024 and 2026. Evidence selects one stated year per name. Annual snapshots overlap; never sum them as unique dogs. No national popularity, etymology or owner naming-intent claim.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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