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Name meaning

Carmen

means “garden”

Origin
Spanish, from Hebrew
Gender
Mostly feminine
Used in
Spanish, Romanian, Latin American
Spellings
Carmen · Carmela · Carmel · Carmina
Say it
KAR-men
Letters
6

Researched meaning

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The story of Carmen

Carmen comes from Our Lady of Mount Carmel; the Hebrew karmel means garden or orchard. In Latin, carmen also means song or poem. Bizet's opera Carmen made the name world famous.

Roots

From Hebrew karmel (garden); also Latin carmen (song).

Where it is used

Classic in Spain, Romania and Latin America.

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Sources

Name data: Public-Census, SSA-Census, Wikidata, Wiktionary-EN. Meaning and background researched by our team from the sources below and written in our own words. Wikipedia and Wiktionary content is licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

  1. en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Carmen

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