 The Dacian fortress of Sacidava was located close to the village of Dunăreni.According to Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, in a hypothesis endorsed by Iorgu Iordan, the name "Aliman" derives from the Turkish word for "German", "Alaman or "Aleman".At the 2011 census, Aliman had 2,798 Romanians (99.75%), 5 Roma (0.18%), 2 others (0.07%).