Carmel
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning garden, vineyard, Mount Carmel.
Carmel by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Carmel. In the US, 26 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 155 babies in 1962, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.
Names that come from Carmel
Forms of Carmel in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Carmel. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Carmensong; poem; possibly from mount carmel789 in the US (2017)
- Carmelagarden or orchard; feminine form of Carmel114 in the US (2017)
- Carterone who transports goods by cart10,351 in the US (2017)
- Carleefree woman; a form of Carla or Carly259 in the US (2017)
- Carmellavineyard or garden of god; a form of Carmel162 in the US (2017)
- Carleyfree man; a form of Carl or Charles146 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a vine or fruit
Like Carmel, each of these has a vine or fruit in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Lianato bind or wrap around; climbing vine150 in England and Wales (2025)
- Staceyfruitful or productive; a form of Stacy109 in the US (2017)
- Sakuracherry blossom68 in the US (2017)
- Cherrycherry fruit39 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maicherry blossom; or month of may19 in England and Wales (2025)
- Semirafertile; fruitful; an alternate form of Samira33 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Carmel
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