Aleman (surname)

Aleman (Alleman, Allman and variants) is a surname with origin Romance language speaking parts of Western Europe, derived from the name for Germany derived from the name of the Alamanni (the Frankish duchy of Alamannia), French Allemagne, Spanish Alemania, etc. The surname is thus a toponymic surname, and would originally have been given to a person of German origin in a Romance speaking area.

Variants of the surname include English (from Norman French) Allman,[1] Alleman,[2] French Allemand, Spanish Aleman (Alemán), among others. Alman can be a variant of Allman, Alleman, but also of unrelated Swedish or German Ahl(e)mann or Jewish Almen.[3]

David Kimmeran Aleman ( b 1968 ) poet

Aleman, Alemán
Alman
Allman
other
gollark: My parents seem to vaguely assume I obviously want to go to the first one.
gollark: I'm in the moderately h position of having offers for a university with a very good CS course but which is in an annoying location and which is renowned for large workload, and one with a fairly mediocre course and nice location and not large workload (plus others but they're basically dominated options).
gollark: > or college/apprenticeship
gollark: The portal.
gollark: (legality not included)

See also

References

  1. Patrick Hanks, Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, 2003, p. 26.
  2. Patrick Hanks, Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, 2003, p. 24.
  3. Patrick Hanks, Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, 2003, p. 27.
  • "www.4crests.com "ALLEMAND Family Crest / ALLEMAND Coat of Arms"". 4crests.com. 2010-12-16. Retrieved 2010-12-28.
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