This surname-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.'Aleman (also spelled Alleman, Allemand, Aléman, Allamont, Allemagne', Alemaye' and Alemán) is a European surname deriving from the Latin surname, Alemannus, which refers to someone of German descent, specifically from the Alamanni tribe. The name may have been in reference to the Norman region of Allemagne, to the south of Caen. [1] Literally meaning "All Men", the name in French is Allemand, in Spanish, the term is Alemán, the Catalan term is Alemany, and the Portuguese term is Alemão. [2] The Alemannic tribe, along with the Goths, overran the part of the German Empire that lay along the Rhine river. Given that the women dressed and fought like men, the Germans said, See there are no women among them. They are all men,. [3]