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Meaning of the nameCarmelia

Carmelia is a female name, the feminine of Carmelio, derived from Carmelo, the name of Mount Carmel, of Hebrew origin, which would mean 'garden'.

Meaning

“feminine of Carmelio, from Carmelo, from Mount Carmel, which in Hebrew would mean 'garden'”

Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Carmelo · Behind the Name: Carmel

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People (2022)
4,501
Rank in Brazil
#2,953
Median age
64 years
2010 Census
6,204
people

Carmelia in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Carmelia, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (1,065 people).

4,485 women 0 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Carmelia is most common

States with the highest share of people named Carmelia in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Bahia 0.006%
  2. Minas Gerais 0.003%
  3. Rio de Janeiro 0.003%
  4. Piauí 0.003%
  5. Goiás 0.003%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Bahia7860.006%
Minas Gerais6630.003%
São Paulo6600.002%
Rio de Janeiro4950.003%
Paraná2450.002%
Ceará1950.002%
Goiás1820.003%
Pará1440.002%
Pernambuco1220.001%
Maranhão1180.002%
Piauí1030.003%
Espírito Santo960.003%
Paraíba800.002%
Santa Catarina790.001%
Amazonas720.002%
Distrito Federal710.003%
Sergipe620.003%
Rio Grande do Sul560.001%
Alagoas520.002%
Rio Grande do Norte370.001%
Rondônia350.002%
Acre340.004%
Mato Grosso290.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul290.001%
Tocantins290.002%
Roraima190.003%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Carmelia

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records Carmelia as the feminine of Carmelio, and Carmelio as derived from Carmelo, according to Machado (1981). For Carmelo, the dictionary cites Machado linking the name to the Latin Carmēlus and to Mount Carmel, of Hebrew origin, which would mean 'garden'; Behind the Name also gives the Hebrew Karmel as 'garden', and Wiktionary glosses the Hebrew karmél as 'vineyard of God'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,501 people named Carmelia, with a median age of 64. Most were born in the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Karmelia is a spelling variant.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Carmelia · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Carmelio · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Carmelo · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
  4. Behind the Name: Carmel · behindthename.com · meaning
  5. Behind the Name: Carmelo · behindthename.com · origin
  6. Wiktionary: Carmel · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Carmelia

What does the name Carmelia mean?

Carmelia means “feminine of Carmelio, from Carmelo, from Mount Carmel, which in Hebrew would mean 'garden'”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Carmelia in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,501 people with the first name Carmelia, which ranks it number 2,953 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

Is Carmelia a boy's or a girl's name?

Carmelia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 4,485 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Carmelia?

Carmelia is a name of Hebrew and Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Carmelia most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.006% of the state's population is named Carmelia (786 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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