Carmen (given name)

Carmen

Our Lady of Mount Carmel sculpture from Beniaján, Spain.
Pronunciation	/ˈkɑːrmən/[1]
Gender	Unisex
Name day	16 July
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew and Latin, respectively
Meaning	Song, Truthful, Poetry
Region of origin	Mostly Spanish-speaking countries, Portuguese, Romania, Moldova, Italy, Scandinavia, the Low Countries, English, French, and German
Other names
Nickname(s)	Carm, Carmie, Carcar
Related names	Carmella, Carmela, Carmelita, Carmelo, Carmel, Carme, Carmina, Karmen, Karmin, Carman
The "vineyard of God" origin is from Hebrew karmel; the "song" origin is from Latin carmen (3rd decl subst). The two origins are unrelated.

Carmen is a feminine given name in the Spanish language. It has two different origins, with its first root used as a nickname for Carmel, from Hebrew karmel meaning "vineyard of God",^[2] which is the name of a mountain range in the Middle East. The second origin is from Latin carmen, which means "song" 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". The name is generally female in Spanish (Carmen), Portuguese (Carmo), Catalan (Carme), French and Romanian (Carmen).^{[citation needed]}