Carmela is a girl's name of Spanish origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 208 girls in the United States.
Carmela belongs to the Spanish tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Carmela first appears in Social Security records in 1882. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #266 in 1923, and in 2024 208 babies received the name — 24,318 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Carmela is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Spanish origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Carmela is a girl name. In 2024, 208 babies received the name in the US.
Carmela comes from the Spanish tradition.
Carmela first appears in US records in 1882. Its best-ever ranking was #266 in 1923, and 208 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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