employed or involved in giving professional advice to the public or to those practicing the profession: a consulting physician. 2. of, relating to, or used for consultation: a physician's consulting room. Origin of consulting. 1790-1800.
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Hemming.' 'Hemming, a Danish personal name' (Lower). The Hundred Rolls prove the name to have become well established in the 13th century; compare the local Hemingborough in the the Diocese of York, Hemingby (Lincoln), Hemingford Grey (Ely), Heminghall (Norwich), Hemingston (ibid.
Liam is the Irish version of William. William is ultimately derived from Willahelm, an Old High Germanic masculine name, from the Germanic elements âwilâ meaning âwill, desireâ and âhelmâ which means âhelmet, protection.â The name is generally translated to mean âvaliant protectorâ (a desire to protect).