Pronunciation | EN: kär'mē; CAT: kär'mā; GAL: kär'mē. |
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Gender | female |
Word/name | Hebrew and Greek, respectively |
Meaning | "garden" and "harvester" |
Region of origin | Spain, English-speaking countries |
Related names | Carmelita, Carmelito, Carmelina, Carmelino, Carmella, Carmela, Carmelo, Carmel, Carmen, Carmina, Carmine, Carmo |
The "garden" origin is from Hebrew karmel; the "harvester" origin is from Greek Karmē; the two origins are unrelated |
Carme is a feminine given name of two separate origins. The first is a Galician and Catalan form of Hebrew karmel, "garden". The second is from Greek Karmē, whose name means "she who cuts the grain", from keirein, "to cut".