Carman

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Carman by the numbers

Carman was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 77 babies in 1970, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Carman

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Carman. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Carmensong; poem; possibly from mount carmel789 in the US (2017)
  • Carminsong or verse; a form of Carmen9 in the US (2017)
  • Cayman23 in the US (2017)
  • Carmon5 in the US (2017)
  • Carsonson of the marsh-dweller4,910 in the US (2017)
  • Callanpowerful warrior; a form of cailean393 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Carman

Names that are said the same way as Carman, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Carminecrimson red; derived from carminatus125 in the US (2017)
  • Karmanaction; deed; karma in hindu and buddhist philosophy19 in the US (2017)
  • Karminegarden; a form of Carmine6 in the US (2017)
  • Karmon7 in the US (2017)
  • Carmyne5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Carman

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