Fleming

Meaning

Noun

A native or inhabitant of Flanders in Belgium.

Name

1. An English surname transferred from the nickname [in turn originating as an ethnonym].
2. (rare) 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.
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Synonyms

Flemish

Ian Fleming

Alexander Fleming

Ian Lancaster Fleming

Sir Alexander Fleming

Flemish person

Translations

Flamand

Fleming

Fleming

flamenco

Vlaming

Flamenco

Flame

Flamande

flandrensis

fiammingo

Fleming

flamengo

Ian Fleming

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈflɛmɪŋ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: flameng

Inherited from Old English: Flæmingi

Cognate with Western Frisian: Flaming

In summary

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.