The cord Surname
cord Name Meaning and History
- 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 khorde), 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’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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