Alderman Family History
Alderman Name Meaning
English (southern): status name from Middle English alderman Old English ealdorman literally ‘elder’. Before the Norman Conquest this term denoted a high official with authority over a district; by the 12th century it had come to denote a member of the governing body of a city or borough or the governor of a craft guild. Americanized form of German Aldermann: variant of Altermann (see Alterman ) a cognate of 1 above.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022