Kalmar “Fleming” tana iya samun ‘yan ma’anoni daban-daban dangane da mahallin, amma ga ma’anoni guda uku masu yiwuwa: Suna: Mutum daga Flanders, wani yanki a arewacin Turai da ya wuce. sassa na Belgium, da Netherlands, da Faransa. Suna: Sunan mahaifi na asalin Scotland, wanda aka samo daga tsohuwar sunan Norse "Flaemingr," ma'ana "mutum daga Flanders."Noun : Baturen masanin ƙwayoyin cuta kuma masani akan harhada magunguna mai suna Alexander Fleming (1881-1955), wanda aka fi sani da gano ƙwayoyin ƙwayoyin cuta na penicillin a 1928.