Given name & surname · also Latin
Carmine
“a beautiful song”·“the color crimson”
Carmine is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “a beautiful song” and “the color crimson”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “a beautiful song” and “the color crimson”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Latin and Aramaic naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1891. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Carmine through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 14,437
- 13,950 boys · 487 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 267 babies
- 2025
- 220
- #1,035 for boys · #13,530 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +39%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 214 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,035 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 37.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 262 in 2006. It also appeared in 6 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (49). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,464 as a first name in 2020; 600 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.
Carmine’s family of names
Carmine is a masculine form of Carmel. Carmine has a related form in Carmen. Carmine has a related form in Carmen.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Carmenvariant
- Carmelovariant · Italian
- Carmynvariant
- Carminvariant
- Carmonvariant
- Carmynevariant
- Carminovariant
- Carmanvariant
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Carmine
- Carmine CroccoItalian brigand (1830–1905)
- Mino RaiolaItalian-dutch football agent (1967–2022)
- Carmine GiovinazzoAmerican actorborn 1973
- Carmine CoppolaAmerican composer (1910-1991)
- Carmine AppiceAmerican drummerborn 1946
- Carmine GalloneItalian film director, screenwriter, and film producer (1885-1973)
- Charlie MarianoAmerican jazz saxophonist (1923–2009)
- Carmine InfantinoAmerican comic book artist (1925-2013)
- Carmine CaridiAmerican actor (1934-2019)
Characters named Carmine: Carmine Falcone (fictional character appearing in DC Comics), Carmine Lupertazzi (The Sopranos).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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