Given name & surname · also Gaelic

Cummings

Cummings is a surname from Scottish Gaelic, ultimately from Anglo-Norman.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Cummings comes from Scottish Gaelic, and ultimately from Anglo-Norman.

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How it developed

From Scottish Gaelic Cuimeinich, from Anglo-Norman Comyn.

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Cummings’s family of names

In English usage, Cummings as a surname has a related form in COMMONS. In English usage, Cummings as a surname has a related form in CUMINGS.

Walk Cummings’s family in the name graph

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Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

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French

Cumming

Cumming is a surname from Scottish Gaelic, ultimately from Anglo-Norman.

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French

Cuvier

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French

Couzens

“familial relative”

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French

Capgras

Capgras is a surname from French.

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Occitan

Cazaux

Cazaux is a surname from French, ultimately from Occitan. It is used in English and French.

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French

Collas

Collas is a surname from French. It is used in English and French.

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French

Cazayoux

Cazayoux is a surname from French.

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French

Keynes

“Cahagnes, now a commune in Normandy”

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Sibling ideas

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