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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Altered spelling of German Ahl(e)mann, a topographic name, literally meaning ‘swamp man’. Ahle(n) is the name of several places in northern Germany named from their situation by a fen or swamp.
  • Swedish : ornamental name composed of the elements al ‘alder’ + man ‘man’.

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