McCord (surname) McCord (surname) McCord (also rendered MacCourt, McCourt, McCoard, McCard, and MacCord) is a surname 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". It is very likely the name Mac Cuarta is a corruption of the
McLoughlin McLoughlin McLoughlin is one of nearly two dozen Anglicisms for three Gaelic-Irish surnames: Mac/Nic Lochlainn (most commonly Anglicised "McLaughlin"), Ó/Ni Máoilsheáchlainn (usually "McLoughlin" or "M'Loughlin"), and Mac/Nic Lochnaigh (usually rendered Loughney but occasionally "McLoughlin" or "MacLoughlin"). "Mac" and "Ó" are masculine prefixes; "Ni/Nic" is feminine. Mac is rendered into English as "Mac", "Mc" and "M"'. Ó is rendered "O' ". The feminine prefix is rendered into English according to its masculine counterpart (e.g. Nic na Mhara > McNamara, Ni hEaghra > O'Hara). They are used with names that originated as patronymics. Occasionally, the prefix "Mael/Maol" is Anglicised "Mac/Mc". The surname