Given name & surname
Carman
“a beautiful song”·“the color crimson”
Carman is a variant of Carmen. One Latin interpretation is “a beautiful song.” Its derivation is not certain. Carman is a variant of Carmine. Interpretations include “a beautiful song” and “the color crimson”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Carman is a variant of Carmen. One Latin interpretation is “a beautiful song.” Its derivation is not certain. Carman is a variant of Carmine. Interpretations include “a beautiful song” and “the color crimson”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Carman is a variant of Carmine. Carmine has been associated with Latin and Aramaic naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1901. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Carman through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,491
- 1,084 boys · 2,407 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 88 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 31% boys.
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 77 in 1970. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,395 as a first name in 2020; 10,282 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Carman’s family of names
Carman has a related form in Carmen. Carman has a related form in Carmine. In English usage, Carman as a surname has a related form in Carmen.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Carman
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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