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Dictionary of
Family Names
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Origin and Etymology of the Surname ALLMAN,
ALMOND, ALLMOND, ALLMEN.
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From
A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, by C. W. E. Bardsley,
A. Bardsley, 1901.
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ALLMAN, ALMOND, ALLMOND,
ALLMEN. A
local, or nickname meaning "the Alemaund," i.e. German; cf. Fr.
Lallimond: or still more locally "of Alemaigne," i.e. Germany;
cf. Fr. D'Almaine. With Almond cf. almond-furnace,
i.e. a German furnace (H.E.D.); also... "the almond-leape," a
German dance.
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L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
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U, V, W,
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