Meaning of the nameCarmina
- Female
- Latin origin
- Car-mi-na
Carmina is a female name of Latin origin, linked to carmen, 'song', and analyzed as Carmo plus the suffix -ina.
- People (2022)
- 2,549
- Rank in Brazil
- #4,366
- Median age
- 64 years
- 2010 Census
- 3,526
- people
Carmina in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Carmina, 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 (550 people).
2,527 women 22 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 Carmina is most common
States with the highest share of people named Carmina in the population, in the 2022 Census.
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 373 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 316 | 0.005% |
| Minas Gerais | 300 | 0.002% |
| Piauí | 265 | 0.008% |
| Ceará | 168 | 0.002% |
| Pará | 161 | 0.002% |
| Bahia | 151 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 127 | 0.008% |
| Goiás | 118 | 0.002% |
| Paraná | 76 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 72 | 0.000% |
| Pernambuco | 71 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 56 | 0.002% |
| Amazonas | 41 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 38 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 37 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 26 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 25 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 21 | 0.000% |
| Espírito Santo | 20 | 0.001% |
| Acre | 19 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 15 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Carmina
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), citing Machado (1981), links Cármina to Latin carmine-, with meanings such as prophecy, song, charm and oracle response, and derives Carmina from Carmo plus the suffix -ina. Wiktionary records Carmina in Spanish as a diminutive of Carmen. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,549 people named Carmina, with a median age of 64. The name is almost always female, and the most common decade of birth is the 1950s. Proportionally, it is most common in Tocantins.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Carmina · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
- Wiktionary: Carmina · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Questions about the name Carmina
What does the name Carmina mean?
Carmina means “song, prophecy, charm (from Latin)”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.
How many people are named Carmina in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,549 people with the first name Carmina, which ranks it number 4,366 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.
Is Carmina a boy's or a girl's name?
Carmina is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,527 women and 22 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Carmina?
Carmina is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Carmina most common?
Proportionally, in Tocantins: 0.008% of the state's population is named Carmina (127 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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