Carmen
Carmen is a girl name of Spanish origin, meaning Garden; song; Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
What Carmen means
Garden; song; Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
Carmen sits at 6 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Carmen comes from
Spanish names blend Latin roots with Visigothic and Arabic influence, and many are tied to Marian devotions or saints' days, which is how a single name can have several regional forms.
Carmen is recorded as Spanish in origin. Browse other Spanish names.
How popular is Carmen?
Carmen is not in the current top 100 girl names we track. In practice that means a child called Carmen is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
The character of Carmen
We group Carmen under the natural world. If that is the quality drawing you to it, the theme link below collects every other name we hold in the same group.
Themes: Nature
Names like Carmen
These share Carmen's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Paloma — Dove — a symbol of peace.
- Rocio — Dew; Our Lady of the Dew.
- Felipe — Lover of horses.
- Raul — Wolf counsel; wise.
- Chloe — Young green shoot; blooming.
- Aurora — Dawn; goddess of sunrise.
- Ava — Life, bird, living one.
- Camellia — The camellia flower.
- Carmel — Garden; orchard.
- Cassia — Cinnamon; a sweet spice.
- Clodagh — Named for an Irish river.
- Clover — The lucky meadow clover.