Cord

Boy name variations

Family name origins & meanings

• Northern Irish : reduced form of McCord.
• Possibly an Americanized spelling of French Corde, from Old French corde ‘string’, ‘rope’ (Latin c(h)orda, from Greek khordē), a metonymic occupational name for a maker of cord or string, or a nickname for a habitual wearer of decorative ties and ribbons.
• Dutch : variant of Kort ‘short’.