Cumming as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Cumming

What is the meaning of the name Cumming ?

The baby name Cumming is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced KUM-ing (IPA: /ˈkʌmɪŋ/).

Cumming is Scottish in Origin.

Cumming is a rare given name taken from a Scottish surname linked to the powerful Clan Cumming (Comyn). The name arrived with Anglo-Norman settlers from Comines in French Flanders and rose to prominence in 13th-century Scotland through the Comyn earls of Buchan and other magnates. As a first name, it appears as a transferred surname in Scotland and the wider diaspora from the 18th century onward.

Linguistically, the principal source is the Anglo-Norman toponym de Comyn, yielding Scots forms Cumming, Cuming, Cummin, and Cumin; related spellings include Comyn, Comyne, Cummings, and Cummins. In Ireland and parts of Scotland, overlapping forms also reflect the Gaelic patronymic Mac Cuimín/Mac Coimín “descendant of Cuimín,” from an early Irish personal name (Cuimín/Cumméne) often interpreted as “little, gentle one.” Thus the name’s meanings span “from Comines” to “descendant of Cuimín,” depending on family line.

⚙ Cumming turns up in none of the birth registries or name datasets we cover. It's the kind of name that tends to be rare, regional, or newly made up. However you look at it, very few people share it.