Fleming

Where Fleming comes from

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.
— Wiktionary's entry for Fleming
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1883
    Peak, #644
    9 babies named Fleming — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1884
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1896
    Fleming Lynge born
    screenwriter
  5. 1929
    Fleming Mackell born
    Canadian ice hockey player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Fleming Mackell · Canadian ice hockey player, 1929–2015
  • Fleming Lynge · screenwriter, 1896–1970
  • Fleming Blanchard McCurdy · Canadian politician, 1875–1952
  • Fleming Mant Sandwith · British physician, 1853–1918
  • Fleming Williams · American singer, 1943–1998

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.