Cummings

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/ˈkʌmɪŋz/

proper noun

A surname.

OriginScottish Gaelic Cuimeinich ← Anglo-Norman de Comyn →
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Cumings · alternative Cummins

  1. A surname.
  2. A place name:
    1. A community in the Rural Municipality of Maple Creek No. 111, Saskatchewan, Canada.
    2. An unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California, United States.
    3. An unincorporated community in Atchison County, Kansas, United States.
    4. An unincorporated community in Traill County, North Dakota, United States, originally spelt Cumings after Henry Cumings.
    5. A township in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Origin

  1. Anglo-Normande Comyn
  2. Scottish GaelicCuimeinich
  3. EnglishCummings

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Cuimeinich, presumably from Anglo-Norman de Comyn, which was a surname of toponymic origin, either from Commin near Rouen or Comines near Lille. Variant of Cumings, Cumming.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

scumming
Cite this entry
APA

Cummings. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cummings

MLA

“Cummings.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cummings. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cummings,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cummings.

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