Given name & surname

Carme

Carme is a feminine given name. It is used in Catalan.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Carme comes from Catalan.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Catalan Carme.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Carme’s family of names

In Galician usage, Carme has a diminutive in Carmela. In Catalan usage, Carme has a conventional equivalent in the English form Carmen. In Galician usage, Carme has a diminutive in Mela.

Walk Carme’s family in the name graph

CarmeCarmelaMelaCarmiñaCarmenKarmenCarmel

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Carme has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Catalan roots to each of them.

GalicianCatalan

4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 3

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

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Galician

Casal

Casal is a surname from Catalan, ultimately from Galician. It is used in English, Spanish, Tagalog, Catalan, and 1 other language.

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French

Canet

Canet is a surname from Catalan, ultimately from French. It is used in English, French, and Catalan.

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Catalan

Cases

Cases is a surname from Spanish, ultimately from Catalan. It is used in Spanish, Tagalog, and Catalan.

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Catalan

Casals

Casals is a surname from Catalan. It is used in Catalan and Cebuano.

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Catalan

Carbonel

Carbonel is a surname from Catalan. It is used in Ilocano.

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Catalan

Farré

“ironsmith”

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Catalan

Colón

“dove”

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Catalan

Coral·li

Coral·li is a feminine given name from Catalan. It is used in French.

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Carme’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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