Cummings Name Meaning
Variant of cumming with the addition of english patronymic s.
Cummings name meaning. It was introduced initially into england by the followers of william the conqueror at or after the battle of hastings in 1066. Comines comynges comyns comings cumyn cumings cummings. Discover the meaning of the cummins name on ancestry. Find your familys origin in the united states average life expectancy most common occupation and more.
Cumming name meaning english scottish and irish of norman origin. Variant of cumming with the addition of english patronymic s. It is generally believed that this name comes from a breton personal name derived from element cam meaning bent or crooked or perhaps from the herb called cummin cumin. Many of the modern surnames in the dictionary can be traced back to britain and ireland.
Early origins of the cummings family. Or the name may have come from the place name comines in flanders northern france. The name was taken from the town of comines near lille on the frontier between france and belguim. The derivation is from either a pre 7th century personal name originally cumine or comyn and thought to derive from the bretonceltic element can meaning bent crooked and a common element in such surnames as campbell and.
The gaelic name also appeared as o comain especially in munster. Cummings name meaning irish. Cummings name meaning irish. It may be from a celtic personal name derived from the element cam bent crooked compare cameron and campbell.
A family which rose to great power and eminence in scotland and england. Cummings name meaning historically surnames evolved as a way to sort people into groups by occupation place of origin clan affiliation patronage parentage adoption and even physical characteristics like red hair. The surname cummings comes from the old irish gaelic surname o coimin and has come to have many different english variants. First one theory is this is a locational or habitational surname of norman origin meaning de comines a place near lille france on the frenchbelgian border the family having come to england and the british isles during the norman conquest of 1066 ad although not all authors agree with this explanation.
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