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Meaning of the nameCármen

Cármen is a female name of Spanish origin, taken from the title Nossa Senhora do Carmo (Our Lady of Carmo), linked to Mount Carmel.

Meaning

“of Mount Carmel (in Hebrew, 'garden'), from the title Nossa Senhora do Carmo”

Source: Behind the Name: Carmen · Behind the Name: Carmel

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People (2022)
48,068
Rank in Brazil
#580
Median age
59 years
2010 Census
56,605
people

Cármen in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Cármen, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (14,095 people).

47,901 women 167 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 Cármen is most common

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

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.085%
  2. Roraima 0.051%
  3. Santa Catarina 0.038%
  4. Rio de Janeiro 0.035%
  5. São Paulo 0.026%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo11,3510.026%
Rio Grande do Sul9,2300.085%
Rio de Janeiro5,5840.035%
Minas Gerais3,6930.018%
Paraná2,8970.025%
Santa Catarina2,8880.038%
Bahia1,7670.013%
Pará1,6960.021%
Pernambuco1,2590.014%
Goiás8920.013%
Espírito Santo7660.020%
Ceará6800.008%
Distrito Federal6680.024%
Mato Grosso do Sul6420.023%
Maranhão5760.009%
Mato Grosso5400.015%
Amazonas5090.013%
Piauí4510.014%
Paraíba3940.010%
Roraima3230.051%
Alagoas3030.010%
Sergipe2400.011%
Rio Grande do Norte2050.006%
Rondônia1960.012%
Tocantins1330.009%
Amapá1250.017%
Acre600.007%

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

About the name Cármen

Behind the Name explains Carmen as a medieval Spanish form of Carmel, coming from the devotional title Nuestra Señora del Carmen, 'Nossa Senhora do Carmo'; the spelling was altered by association with the Latin carmen, 'song'. Wiktionary gives the Spanish as an abbreviation of María del Carmen and treats the link with 'song' as folk etymology. Mount Carmel has a Hebrew name, Karmel, which Behind the Name translates as 'garden'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 48,068 people with this name, almost always women, with a median age of 59; the count combines Cármen and Carmen. Proportionally, the name is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Carmen · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Carmel · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: Carmen · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  4. Wiktionary: Cármen · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Cármen

What does the name Cármen mean?

Cármen means “of Mount Carmel (in Hebrew, 'garden'), from the title Nossa Senhora do Carmo”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Cármen in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 48,068 people with the first name Cármen, which ranks it number 580 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Cármen a boy's or a girl's name?

Cármen is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 47,901 women and 167 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Cármen?

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

In which Brazilian state is Cármen most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.085% of the state's population is named Cármen (9,230 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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