Carmelita 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 14 girls in the United States.
Carmelita belongs to the Spanish and English & American 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, Carmelita first appears in Social Security records in 1887. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #664 in 1930, and in 2024 14 babies received the name — 6,950 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Carmelita 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.
Carmelita is a girl name. In 2024, 14 babies received the name in the US.
Carmelita comes from the Spanish and English & American tradition.
Carmelita first appears in US records in 1887. Its best-ever ranking was #664 in 1930, and 14 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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