Fleming

Meanings

1. A native or inhabitant of Flanders in Belgium.

1. An English surname transferred from the nickname [in turn originating as an ethnonym].
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A town and locality in the Northern Territory, Australia.
4. A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
5. A neighbourhood of Alexandria, Egypt.
6. A neighbourhood of Rome, Italy.
7. A number of places in the United States:
8. A statutory town in Logan County, Colorado.
9. An unincorporated community in Liberty County, Georgia.
10. An unincorporated community in Redding Township, Jackson County, Indiana.
11. An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Kansas.
12. A tiny city in Ray County, Missouri; a suburb of Kansas City.

1. present participle and gerund of fleme

Etymology

From Middle English flameng, from late Old Norse Flæmingi, from Old Norse Flǽmingr, Middle Dutch Vlaminc, Vleminc, from Old Frisian (unattested) (compare West Frisian Flaming), from Proto-Germanic *flaumaz (“flowing, current (water)”) and the patronymic suffix *-ingaz (“belonging to, descended from”). More at Flanders.