Need brutally honest opinions

[dalem]

Hey there,
We're contemplating the name Cormac (pronounced Cormick)...
Any thoughts? Have gotten comments that it's hard to pronounce...
Thanks so much!

[beebear]

I don't think it's hard to pronounce really at all, I've seen way worse pronunciation issues. I like the name alright, is there a story behind it?

[nono]

I don't think that it's hard to pronounce! I think that some people are automatically put off of names that don't seem familiar to them. I don't want to be presumptous, but that may have been where the comments about it being hard to pronounce came from. The pronunciation seems quite intuitive to me.

I would imagine that most people have at least a passing familiarity with it because of Cormac McCarthy. He's very well-known, and some of his books have been made into big movies (No Country For Old Men won the Academy Award for best picture, and the Road was quite big as well). I think that makes it a bit more usable.

I had a class a few years ago with a boy named Cormick, spelled that way, and from that one class and the few brief interactions I had with him the name seemed to work well for him. He went by Cormick, not a nickname or his middle name or anything, and I don't recall the teacher or anyone else in the class every having any trouble pronouncing it.

[niteowl13]

Cormac is very cool! I know how to pronounce it, but I am names nerd.
I can see some people not knowing how to pronounce it properly, but I don't think it will be a major issue. You might have spelling issues though, when people hear Cormick they will most likely spell it that way.

[lilysong]

This was the first time I saw that name, so my first impression was to pronounce it Cormack, not -mick. If you're not worried about constantly correcting people like me, then it's alright

[dalem]

Thanks so so much!!!

There's no real story. I'm from a town where there are a lot of "mac" last names including MacCormac and we're both very scottish/irish Plus I love Cormac McCarthy.
My family hates the name but we may go with it anyway! lol
Thanks again.

[indianruby]

I don't think Cormac is hard to pronounce. Actually after reading the title and getting pumped to be really harsh I'm actually disappointed that it's such a decent name haha.

[jersey_gray]

I would read it core-mack if I saw it, not core-mick.

[dragonfruitbabe]

It's an okay name, but I don't think many would pronounce it the way you wish.

[netappyng]

I love it! It fits right in with the Irish name trend yet isn´t hard to pronounce and the difference between the cor-mack and cor-mick pronunciation is slight so it would barely be noticable. I´ve only met one little Cormac in my life and his parents immigrated from Ireland. Overall its a legitimate name thats also cute and fun but would suit an adult as well.