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.
Tucker [tuck-er]â² as a boys' name is pronounced TUH-ker. It is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Tucker is garment maker. Occupational name relating to one of medieval Britain's main industries, the woolen trade. ASSOCIATED WITH old english, medieval, britain (england)