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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Scottish and Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Cuirc, patronymic from the personal name Corc ‘heart’.
  • Irish (Ulster) : Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Oirc, patronymic from the personal name Orc, from orc ‘pig’.

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