ALMALE Origin of surname
ALMALE Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name derives from a personal characteristic or nickname.
Almale is a Spanish variant of El Maleh/Al Malih, the Arabic for "good" and "beautiful". Its equivalents comprise the Hebrew Tov and Yaffe, the Spanish Bueno, the Italian Del Bene, and the Arabic Tayyeb and Tayib. Like the Greek Kalonymos, literally "good name" (in medieval and modern Greek), and its variants, they are linked to the Hebrew Shem Tov, literally "good name" (there by repeating the link between good and beautiful), which means the "goodness of God". Kalonymos is documented as a Jewish name in 8th century Italy. Its Latin form, Kalonymus, produced Calmus, the Italian Calo and Calimani, and the French Calot. In 11th century Spain, Shem Tov became Nome Boneum.
Central and Eastern Europe developed names based on Cal(I)man(i) such as Kalman/Calman and diverse variants, comprising Kleimann and Klee. El-Maleh is documented as a Jewish family name in 13th century Spain. Bueno and Almari are recorded in the 14th century, Maleh and Almale in the 15th century, and El Maleh in the 17th century.
Distinguished bearers of the Jewish family name Almale include the 15th century Spanish tax farmer of Medellin, Sento Almale, whose personal name, Sento, is yet another equivalent of Shem Tov.
Almale is a Spanish variant of El Maleh/Al Malih, the Arabic for "good" and "beautiful". Its equivalents comprise the Hebrew Tov and Yaffe, the Spanish Bueno, the Italian Del Bene, and the Arabic Tayyeb and Tayib. Like the Greek Kalonymos, literally "good name" (in medieval and modern Greek), and its variants, they are linked to the Hebrew Shem Tov, literally "good name" (there by repeating the link between good and beautiful), which means the "goodness of God". Kalonymos is documented as a Jewish name in 8th century Italy. Its Latin form, Kalonymus, produced Calmus, the Italian Calo and Calimani, and the French Calot. In 11th century Spain, Shem Tov became Nome Boneum.
Central and Eastern Europe developed names based on Cal(I)man(i) such as Kalman/Calman and diverse variants, comprising Kleimann and Klee. El-Maleh is documented as a Jewish family name in 13th century Spain. Bueno and Almari are recorded in the 14th century, Maleh and Almale in the 15th century, and El Maleh in the 17th century.
Distinguished bearers of the Jewish family name Almale include the 15th century Spanish tax farmer of Medellin, Sento Almale, whose personal name, Sento, is yet another equivalent of Shem Tov.