Given name & surname · also Latin
Karmel
“from the garden or vineyard”
Karmel is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “from the garden or vineyard.”
Original LatinCarmelus
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “from the garden or vineyard.”
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Latin and Hebrew naming traditions.
How it developed
Karmel is used as a form of Carmel.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1955. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Karmel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 158
- 21 boys · 137 girls
- Most popular year
- 1966
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 1966. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 318 as a first name in 2020; 371 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.
Karmel’s family of names
In Polish usage, Karmel has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Carmelo. Karmel is a form of Carmel. In Slovenian usage, Karmel has a related form in Karmen.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Karmel has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 21
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.
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