Carmon

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Carmon by the numbers

Carmon was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 47 babies in 1968, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Carmon

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 Carmon. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Carsonson of the marsh-dweller4,910 in the US (2017)
  • Carmensong; poem; possibly from mount carmel789 in the US (2017)
  • Carminsong or verse; a form of Carmen9 in the US (2017)
  • Carman6 in the US (2017)
  • Cardon5 in the US (2017)
  • Carlosfree man; a form of Charles3,058 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Carmon

Names that are said the same way as Carmon, 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 Carmon

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