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.
Thereby hangs a linguistic urban legendâ¦. Most Spanish nicknames are formed with the diminutives -ito and -ita, as in Miguelito (âlittle Michaelâ) from Miguel, or Sarita (âlittle Saraâ) from Sara. Others started as acronyms, such as Mabel from MArÃ­a IsaBEL, or abbreviations, such as Nando for Fernando.