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.
An utterance or sound of the voice like hem, often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention. From Middle English hem, hemm, in turn from Old English hemm and related to Middle High German hemmen (âto hem inâ), Old Norse hemja (âto hem in, restrainâ).