Carmine is a boy's name of Italian origin meaning “purplish-red.” In 2024 it was given to 196 boys in the United States.
Carmine belongs to the Italian tradition. Its meaning — “purplish-red” — is the sense carried by its Italian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Carmine first appears in Social Security records in 1891. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #377 in 1912, and in 2024 196 babies received the name — 13,735 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Carmine means “purplish-red” in its Italian roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Carmine is a boy name. In 2024, 196 babies received the name in the US.
Carmine comes from the Italian tradition.
Carmine first appears in US records in 1891. Its best-ever ranking was #377 in 1912, and 196 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. 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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