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Meaning of the nameCarmelina

Carmelina is a female name of Italian origin, a diminutive of Carmela, which goes back to Hebrew Karmel, 'garden', the name of a mountain in Israel.

Meaning

“diminutive of Carmela, a form of Carmel, 'garden'”

Source: Behind the Name: Carmelina · Behind the Name: Carmela · Behind the Name: Carmel

People (2022)
4,212
Rank in Brazil
#3,089
Median age
68 years
2010 Census
6,081
people

Carmelina in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Carmelina, 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 (1,075 people).

4,199 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 Carmelina is most common

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

  1. Santa Catarina 0.005%
  2. Paraná 0.005%
  3. Rio Grande do Sul 0.004%
  4. Espírito Santo 0.003%
  5. Goiás 0.003%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo9520.002%
Paraná5550.005%
Rio Grande do Sul4500.004%
Santa Catarina3950.005%
Minas Gerais3870.002%
Bahia2490.002%
Goiás1880.003%
Rio de Janeiro1570.001%
Pará1220.002%
Espírito Santo1140.003%
Mato Grosso990.003%
Ceará910.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul800.003%
Pernambuco490.001%
Distrito Federal460.002%
Rondônia390.003%
Maranhão360.001%
Piauí350.001%
Amazonas320.001%
Tocantins310.002%
Amapá310.004%
Alagoas250.001%
Paraíba200.001%

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

About the name Carmelina

Behind the Name gives Carmelina as an Italian diminutive of Carmela, which in turn derives from Carmel, the name of a mountain in Israel, from Hebrew Karmel, 'garden', linked to the title Nossa Senhora do Monte Carmelo (Our Lady of Mount Carmel). Wiktionary records Carmelina as an Italian synonym of Carmela. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), citing Machado (1981), points to a derivation from Camelo, an explanation different from the other two. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,212 people named Carmelina, with a median age of 68. It is an almost always female name, with most of the records among people born before 1960.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Carmelina

What does the name Carmelina mean?

Carmelina means “diminutive of Carmela, a form of Carmel, 'garden'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Carmelina in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,212 people with the first name Carmelina, which ranks it number 3,089 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Carmelina is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 4,199 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Carmelina?

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

In which Brazilian state is Carmelina most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.005% of the state's population is named Carmelina (395 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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