Carmen (given name)

Carmen is a given name with two different origins. Its first root is Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and used as a nickname for Carmel and Carmelo (respectively), from Hebrew karmel, "God's vineyard".[1], which is the name of a mountain range in northern Israel. The second origin is from Latin carmen, which means "ode" or "poem" ("Patrium Carmen": ode to the motherland) and is also the root of the English word "charm". The name of the Roman goddess Carmenta based on this root comes from the purely Latin origin, as is the fragment of archaic Latin known as "Carmen Saliare". In English, the name is unisex; in Spanish, Romanian, and Portuguese it is generally female, though in Italian it is frequently male.

Carmen
Pronunciationkär'mĭn
GenderMale or female
Name day16 July
Origin
Word/nameHebrew and Latin, respectively
MeaningSong, Truthful, Poetry
Region of originItaly, Romania, English- and Spanish-speaking countries
Other names
Related namesCarmelita, Carmella, Carmela, Carmelo, Carmel, Carmine, Carme, Carmina, Karmen, Karmin
The "vineyard of God" origin is from Hebrew karmel—the "song" origin is from Latin carmen (3rd decl subst); the two origins are unrelated.

Spanish name

As a Spanish given name, it is usually part of the devotional compound names María del Carmen, Nuestra Señora del Carmen (Our Lady of Carmen), or Virgen del Carmen (in English, Our Lady of Mount Carmel), stemming from the tradition of the vision of Mary, mother of Jesus on 16 July 1251 by Simon Stock, head of the Carmelite order.

People

Fictional characters with the name Carmen
  • Carmen, the main character in Prosper Mérimée's novella Carmen (1845), which is the basis for Georges Bizet's opera Carmen
  • Carmen (Lana Del Rey song), titular character in a song by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey, taken from her second studio album Born to Die
  • Carmen, a character from the movie, Happy Feet Two
  • Carmen, a character from the 2002 Indonesian drama movie, Ada Apa Dengan Cinta.
  • Carmen, Humbert Humbert's term of endearment for the titular character of Nabokov's Lolita
  • Carmen Cortez, a character from the Spy Kids trilogy
  • Carmen de la Pica Morales, character on Showtime's lesbian drama, The L Word
  • Carmen Diaz is an aspiring dancer, singer, and actress in the musical, Fame (musical)
  • Carmen Lopez (character), a fictional character from the TV series, George Lopez
  • Carmen Lowell, character from the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series
  • Carmen Pryde, father of X-Men character Kitty Pryde
  • Carmen Sandiego, character from the Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? franchise
  • Carmen, supporting character of Totally Spies! in which she is the mother of super spy Alex

Fictional characters with the name Carmela

See also
  • Carmin (disambiguation), includes list of people with name Carmin

References
  1. Albaigès, Josep M.; Olivart, J. M. A. (1993). Diccionario de nombres de personas (in Spanish). Universitat de Barcelona. p. 69. ISBN 978-84-475-0264-6. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
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