Cumming

Gaelic: Cuimean

Motto: Courage

Badge: Cumin plant

Lands: Roxburghshire, Buchan, Badenoch and Altyre

Name Origin: Place name, Norman

Famous Cummings:
Alan Cumming - Actor
Burton Cummings – Musician (The Guess Who)
E.E. Cummings - Poet

The name almost certainly was derived from the town of Comines in northern France and came over after the Norman invasion. However, some experts suggest that the name came from a herb "cummin" which was spelt "comyn" in early times.

Surnames regarded as septs (sub-branch) of the Cumming/Comyn clan include Comine, Cumin, MacNiven, Niven and Russell. Cumming is the form of the name found mainly in Scotland while Cummings is the version more frequently used in England.

 

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