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.
The name Hem is ranked on the 10,468th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used. We estimate that there are at least 24000 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Hem has three characters.