McCord (also rendered MacCourt, McCourt, McCoard, McCard, and MacCord) is a Northern Irish and Scottish surname[1] with origins having been found between Ayrshire, Scotland, but mostly in Airgíalla [circa 7th century AD] (modern day Irish counties of Louth, Tyrone, Armagh, and Monaghan. McCord/MacCord comes from Old Gaelic name "Mac Cuarta" or sometimes "Mac Cuairt", translating as "the son of Cuairt", a byname meaning "visitor" or "journeymen" or "son of Achilles". The town of Cappagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland in gaelic translates to Ceapach Mhic Cuarta meaning Mac Cuarta's tillage plot.[2] It is very likely the name Mac Cuarta is a corruption of the Irish name Mac Mhuircheartaigh (septs of MacCurdy, and MacKurdy).[3]
Notable people with the surname include:
- AnnaLynne McCord (born 1987), American actress
- Andrew McCord (c. 1754 – 1808), American politician
- Bill McCord (1916–2004), American radio and television announcer
- Bob McCord (1934–2016), retired Canadian ice hockey player
- Castor McCord (1907–1963), American jazz saxophonist
- Catherine McCord (born 1974), American fashion model and actress
- Charles McCord (born 1943), American news anchor and radio personality
- Darris McCord (1933–2013), former American footballer
- David McCord (1897–1997), American poet
- David Ross McCord (1844–1930), Canadian lawyer
- Dennis McCord (born 1949), retired American professional wrestler
- Dennis McCord (1952–2005), Canadian ice hockey player
- Frank C. McCord (1890–1933), US Navy commander
- Gary McCord (born 1948), American professional golfer
- Geoffrey Sayre-McCord (born 1956), American philosopher
- Harold McCord (1893–1957), American film editor
- Howard McCord (1932–2022), American writer
- Hugo McCord (1911–2004), American biblical scholar
- James W. McCord, Jr. (1924–2017), electronics expert and former CIA agent
- Jim Nance McCord (1878–1969), American politician
- Joe McCord, Tennessee politician
- Kent McCord (born 1942), American actor
- Leon Clarence McCord (1878–1952), US federal judge
- Louisa Susannah Cheves McCord (1810–1879), American writer
- May Kennedy McCord (1880–1979), American folklorist, columnist, radio host
- Myron H. McCord (1840–1908), US Representative from Wisconsin
- Quentin McCord (1978–2020), American Arena football player
- Robert McCord, Treasurer of Pennsylvania
- Ryan McCord (born 1989), Scottish footballer
- Scott McCord, Canadian voice actor and blues singer
- Thomas McCord (1750–1824), Irish-born Canadian businessman and politician
- Tim McCord (born 1979), American musician
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