Meaning of the nameCarmelita

Carmelita is a female name, a Spanish diminutive of Carmel, a name linked to Mount Carmel and to Hebrew Karmel, 'garden'.

Meaning

“diminutive of Carmel, from Hebrew Karmel, 'garden'”

Source: Behind the Name: Carmel · Wiktionary: Carmel

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People (2022): 28,849
Rank in Brazil: #846
Median age: 65 years
2010 Census: 38,501; people

Carmelita in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Carmelita, 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 (7,442 people).

28,699 women 150 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 Carmelita is most common

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

Bahia 0.038%
Piauí 0.025%
Tocantins 0.023%
Pernambuco 0.023%
Paraíba 0.022%

All states

State	People	% of population
Bahia	5,339	0.038%
São Paulo	4,684	0.011%
Minas Gerais	3,156	0.015%
Pernambuco	2,048	0.023%
Rio de Janeiro	1,648	0.010%
Goiás	1,357	0.019%
Maranhão	1,070	0.016%
Paraná	959	0.008%
Paraíba	877	0.022%
Ceará	841	0.010%
Piauí	829	0.025%
Santa Catarina	796	0.011%
Pará	710	0.009%
Espírito Santo	667	0.017%
Alagoas	661	0.021%
Mato Grosso	543	0.015%
Sergipe	453	0.021%
Distrito Federal	416	0.015%
Tocantins	348	0.023%
Rio Grande do Sul	321	0.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul	286	0.010%
Rio Grande do Norte	271	0.008%
Rondônia	218	0.014%
Amazonas	191	0.005%
Roraima	68	0.011%
Acre	60	0.007%
Amapá	32	0.004%

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

About the name Carmelita

Behind the Name records Carmelita as a Spanish diminutive of Carmel, a name taken from the title of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, a mountain that appears in the Old Testament. The name of the mountain comes from Hebrew Karmel, which Behind the Name translates as 'garden'; Wiktionary gives the same Hebrew word the sense 'vineyard of God'. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) suggests, as a possibility, a tribute to the Carmelite nuns who died during the French Revolution. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 28,849 people named Carmelita, with a median age of 65; proportionally, it is most common in Bahia. The dictionary lists Karmelita as a spelling variant.

Sources

Behind the Name: Carmelita · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Carmel · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Carmel · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Carmelita · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Carmelita

What does the name Carmelita mean?

Carmelita means “diminutive of Carmel, from Hebrew Karmel, 'garden'”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary.

How many people are named Carmelita in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 28,849 people with the first name Carmelita, which ranks it number 846 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Carmelita is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 28,699 women and 150 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Carmelita?

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

In which Brazilian state is Carmelita most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.038% of the state's population is named Carmelita (5,339 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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