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Carmen
Pronunciation
k?r'm?n
Gender
male/female
Origin
Word/Name
Hebrew and Latin, respectively
Meaning
Vineyard of God, Song, Truthful, Poetry
Region of origin
Italy, Romania, English- and Spanish-speaking countries
Other names
Related names
Carmelita, Carmelito, Carmelina, Carmelino, Carmella, Carmela, Carmelo, Carmel, Carmina, Carmine, Carmo, Carme, Karmin, Coromin
The "vineyard of God" origin is from Hebrew karmel -- the "song" origin is from Latin carmen (3rd decl subst); the two origins are unrelated
Look up Carmen in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Carmen is a unisex given name that represents two names taken as one. Its first (and original) root is Italian and Spanish, used as a diminutive nickname for Carmel and Carmelo (respectively), from Hebrew karmel, "God's vineyard." The second (and more recent) origin is from Latin carmen, which means "song," "tune," or "poem" and is also the root of the English word charm. The name of the Roman Goddess Carmenta based on this root comes from the purely Latin origin. While in English the name is unisex, in Italian and in Spanish it is generally female.
Contents
1 Spanish name
2 People with the name
3 Fictional characters with the name Carmen
4 Fictional characters with the name Carmela or Carmella
5 Related
[edit] Spanish name
As a Spanish given name, it is usually part of the devotional compound names Mara del Carmen, Nuestra Se?ora del Carmen (Our Lady of Carmen) or Virgen del Carmen (in English Our Lady of Mount Carmel), stemming from the vision of Mary the mother of Jesus on 16 July 1251 by Simon Stock, head of the Carmelite order.
Its presence in literature:
In Nabokov's 'Lolita', the name is used in reference to Mr Clare Quilty, the man who takes Lolita from Humbert. Carmen and Clare being both male and female names, Lolita uses them to deceive Humbert into thinking he is a woman and no threat.
[edit] People with the name
Carmen the name of a radio personality in the United States, famous for prank calls.
Carmen Argenziano, an American actor
Carmen Radu, former CEO of Eximbank Romania.
Carmen Espinoza-Rodriquez, an American singer-songwriter
Carmen Electra, an American actress
Carmen Luvana, an American porn star
Carmen McRae, an American jazz singer
Carmen Miranda, a Portuguese-Brazilian samba singer and film star
Carmen Rinke, a Canadian boxer
Carmen Rupe, a New Zealand-Australian LGBT activist and drag-queen (1936C2011)
[edit] Fictional characters with the name Carmen
Carmen Cortez, a character from the Spy Kids trilogy.
Carmen Lowell, character from the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series.
Carmen de la Pica Morales, character on Showtime's lesbian drama, The L Word.
Carmen Sandiego, character from the Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego? franchise.
Carmen Lopez (character), a fictional character from the TV series, George Lopez
[edit] Fictional characters with the name Carmela or Carmella
Carmella Corleone, wife of Don Vito Corleone, mother of Santino "Sonny" Corleone, Frederico "Fredo" Corleone, Michael "Mikey" Corleone, and Constanzia "Connie" Corleone, and adoptive mother of Tom Hagen in the series of books and movies based on Mario Puzo's 1969 novel, The Godfather.
Carmela Soprano, leading female character and wife of northern New Jersey mafia boss, Tony Soprano, on HBO's series, The Sopranos.
[edit] Related
femme fatale
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