Flemmens meaning | Last name Flemmens origin

Family name is the variant form of Fleeming. The Old Scotch form of Fleming. See Fleming - A native of Flanders. Many natives of that country joined William the Conqueror in the invasion of England. Several persons designated Flandrensis occur in Domesday Book; thus Winemar F. was a tenant in chief in county of Bucks, and Hugo F. in Bedfordshire. Walterus Flandrensis was a tenant in chief in Herts, Bucks, Bedford, etc. He "assumed this surname in regard he came from Flanders, and assisted William at the battle of Hastings. Walter Bek, who came over with the Conqueror, had a large inheritance in Flanders, and had several lordships given him in England; but whether Walter F. and Walter sufficiently appear."

There have been numerous settlements of Flemings at subsequent periods, and Le Fleming was a very common surname throughout the middle ages

The Fleemings, Earls of Wigtoun in the XIII century were latinized Flandrensis and Flammaticus.

The is variant of Fleming. One who came from Flanders meaning "plain," a medieval county extending along the coast of the Low Countries.

Surname is the variant of Flemen. See Fleming - A native of Flanders. Many natives of that country joined William the Conqueror in the invasion of England. Several persons designated Flandrensis occur in Domesday Book; thus Winemar F. was a tenant in chief in county of Bucks, and Hugo F. in Bedfordshire. Walterus Flandrensis was a tenant in chief in Herts, Bucks, Bedford, etc. He "assumed this surname in regard he came from Flanders, and assisted William at the battle of Hastings. Walter Bek, who came over with the Conqueror, had a large inheritance in Flanders, and had several lordships given him in England; but whether Walter F. and Walter sufficiently appear."

There have been numerous settlements of Flemings at subsequent periods, and Le Fleming was a very common surname throughout the middle ages.