Last Name CUMMIN

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Meaning	Local: De Comines. This is the customary Norman derivation. It is possible that William Cumine, Lord Chancellor of Scotland, is said to have laid the foundation of what became one of the most influential houses in Scotland. A corruption of Comeyn, anciently de Com- minges, from Comminges in France. The badge of the family is the cumin-plant, and their arms are azure three garbs of cumin or. They are descended from John Cumyn, Lord of Badenoch.

Origin	English, Scottish, Irish

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