Carmela
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning garden or orchard; feminine form of Carmel.
Carmela by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Carmela. In the US, 114 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 586 babies in 1923, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Carmel
Like Carmela, each of these traces back to Carmel: a form of it, a name built from it, or 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 Carmela. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Carmellavineyard or garden of god; a form of Carmel162 in the US (2017)
- Carmelgarden, vineyard, Mount Carmel5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Camilayoung ceremonial attendant6,761 in the US (2017)
- Carmensong; poem; possibly from mount carmel789 in the US (2017)
- Carlafree woman or feminine of Karl274 in the US (2017)
- Cameliacamel flower; a form of camellia15 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Carmela
Names that are said the same way as Carmela, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Carmela
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