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The Name Hemming - Origin and Meaning of Hemming
  



The Name Hemming - Origin and Meaning of Hemming


Gender

Masculine

Origin of the Name Hemming

Old Norse

Usage of the Name Hemming

Swedish, Norwegian, Danish

Meaning of the Name Hemming

The name Hemming is probably derived from the Old Norse word "hamr" meaning "shape".

Famous Bearers

Bearers of the name include Hemming (died 812), the king of Denmark from 810 until his death; Bishop Hemming, a 14th-century Swedish-born bishop of Turku; Hemming Gadh (c. 1450 - 1520), a Swedish priest and politician; Hemming Hansen (1884 - 1964), a Danish boxer.
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