Aleman (surname)

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Aleman (Alleman, Allman and variants) is a surname with origins in the 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.

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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]

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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.
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