Origin: gossip, busybody, from Yente Telebende, comic strip gossip in 1920s-30s writing of Yiddish newspaper humorist B. Kovner (pen-name of Jacob ...
Alleman Name Meaning French: from Old French Aleman âGermanâ (Late Latin Alemannus, from a Germanic tribal name, probably meaning âall the menâ), hence a regional or ethnic name for a German-speaker in a predominantly French-speaking area.
Because the name is so common, the name is used in many expressions, such as Jan met de pet (Jan with a cap on its head), standing for a common person, generally from a lower social class, or Jan en alleman (Jan and all other people), standing for everybody.