Given name & surname
Carmelo
“from the fruitful orchard”
Carmelo is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “from the fruitful orchard.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “from the fruitful orchard.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
Carmelo is a masculine form of Carmela.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1904. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Carmelo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 13,173
- 13,168 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 516 babies
- 2025
- 377
- #712 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +11%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 377 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 712 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 11.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 516 in 2013. In 2025, Florida had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (40). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 12,863 as a first name in 2020; 476 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.
Carmelo’s family of names
Carmelo is a masculine form of Carmela. In Italian usage, Carmelo has a related form in Carmine. Carmelo is a masculine form of Carmel.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Carmelo has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
5 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 17
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Carmelo
- Carmelo AnthonyAmerican basketball player (born 1984)
- Carmelo CedrúnSpanish football player and manager (1930–2026)
- Dun Karm PsailaMaltese poet (1871-1961)
- Carmelo BeneItalian actor (1937–2002)
- Carmelo SimeoneArgentine association football player (1934–2014)
- Carmelo Robledoboxer1912–1961
- Carmelo GómezSpanish actorborn 1962
- Carmelo CametOlympic fencer (1904–2007)
- Carmelo BossiItalian boxer1939–2014
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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