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Carmelita

Carmelita: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“little garden or vineyard”
Origin
Spanish
Say it
kar-meh-LEE-tah · 4 syllables
Used for
Girls

Spanish diminutive of Carmela, from Carmel, ultimately related to the biblical place name Mount Carmel in Hebrew. The name is often associated with 'garden' or 'vineyard.'

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How popular is Carmelita?

20244.2 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Carmelita in 202414

Peak year1930

Total US babies since 18806,950

Carmelita is fading: recent use is about 67% of its level ten years before.

Names like Carmelita

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Carmelagarden, orchard · Hebrew
  • Jadestone of the side · Spanish
  • Savannahtreeless plain · Spanish
  • Catalinapure · Spanish
  • Amayamother city · Spanish
  • Ximenameaning uncertain · Spanish
  • Aitanafrom the Aitana mountain · Spanish
  • Lolasorrows · Spanish

Carmelita questions

What does the name Carmelita mean?

Carmelita means "little garden or vineyard". It comes from Spanish. Spanish diminutive of Carmela, from Carmel, ultimately related to the biblical place name Mount Carmel in Hebrew. The name is often associated with 'garden' or 'vineyard.'

Is Carmelita a boy or girl name?

Carmelita is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Carmelita?

14 US babies were named Carmelita in 2024. Its peak year was 1930.

How do you pronounce Carmelita?

Carmelita is usually pronounced kar-meh-LEE-tah.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.