Carmel Forename
14,973rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 64,188 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Ireland
Highest density in:
Malta
Carmel Forename Definition:
CARMELA, f. In Hebrew, ‘vineyard’ or ‘fruitful field’, the name is more frequent in Italy than in England; in the latter, indeed, it is now rather rare.
Carmel Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 100% | 14,617 | 1:318 | 59 |
| United States | 88% | 11,158 | 1:32,491 | 2,169 |
| Australia | - | 7,800 | 1:1,751 | 344 |
| England | 100% | 6,840 | 1:8,129 | 703 |
| DR Congo | 83% | 4,136 | 1:17,850 | 1,527 |
| Philippines | 88% | 2,789 | 1:38,010 | 3,073 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,635 | 1:12,574 | 1,353 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1,883 | 1:979 | 210 |
| Malta | - | 1,443 | 1:298 | 57 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,359 | 1:15,305 | 2,132 |
| Benin | 100% | 955 | 1:11,074 | 1,448 |
| New Zealand | - | 941 | 1:4,820 | 682 |
| South Africa | 99% | 903 | 1:60,391 | 5,856 |
| India | 64% | 632 | 1:1,922,275 | 101,633 |
| Samoa | - | 593 | 1:329 | 87 |
| Congo | 79% | 483 | 1:10,371 | 1,326 |
| Chad | 50% | 433 | 1:31,405 | 3,515 |
| Gabon | - | 401 | 1:4,697 | 951 |
| Haiti | 100% | 394 | 1:27,226 | 2,102 |
| Jamaica | - | 335 | 1:8,607 | 1,050 |
| Togo | - | 330 | 1:21,937 | 3,753 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 233 | 1:92,749 | 5,000 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| France | 62% | 203 | 1:327,440 | 4,307 |
| Egypt | 100% | 195 | 1:471,287 | 12,924 |
| Scotland | 100% | 171 | 1:31,289 | 1,232 |
| Papua New Guinea | 94% | 147 | 1:55,458 | 5,360 |
| Wales | 100% | 147 | 1:21,050 | 1,145 |
| Mexico | 61% | 126 | 1:985,273 | 8,056 |
| Brazil | 100% | 117 | 1:1,831,078 | 39,735 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 117 | 1:144,462 | 6,338 |
| Ivory Coast | 75% | 103 | 1:224,038 | 10,821 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 80 | 1:130,391 | 6,179 |
| Romania | 100% | 79 | 1:253,822 | 8,228 |
| Spain | 70% | 73 | 1:637,397 | 7,138 |
| Indonesia | - | 63 | 1:4,094,661 | 171,955 |
| Thailand | 92% | 63 | 1:1,112,156 | 38,881 |
| Burkina Faso | 54% | 62 | 1:296,443 | 11,797 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 55 | 1:24,753 | 2,750 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 54 | 1:2,066 | 391 |
| Malaysia | 77% | 51 | 1:597,058 | 24,614 |
| Nigeria | 82% | 44 | 1:4,035,554 | 64,774 |
| Afghanistan | 77% | 43 | 1:758,686 | 10,592 |
| Guyana | 100% | 42 | 1:18,173 | 2,319 |
| Japan | - | 42 | 1:3,047,287 | 23,072 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Jersey | - | 26 | 1:3,845 | 523 |
| Qatar | 82% | 26 | 1:91,139 | 11,761 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 20 | 1:4,970 | 915 |
| Barbados | - | 20 | 1:14,489 | 1,291 |
| Grenada | 92% | 20 | 1:5,406 | 882 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 19 | 1:4,877 | 888 |
| Singapore | 100% | 19 | 1:330,898 | 9,778 |
| Germany | 100% | 18 | 1:5,370,993 | 21,319 |
| Uganda | 75% | 18 | 1:2,275,384 | 28,247 |
| Italy | 76% | 16 | 1:3,816,381 | 20,790 |
| Peru | 62% | 16 | 1:1,986,966 | 20,449 |
| Sweden | 93% | 16 | 1:616,119 | 14,675 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 16 | 1:513,344 | 8,079 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 16 | 1:1,485,605 | 45,572 |
| Argentina | 50% | 15 | 1:2,851,550 | 9,163 |
| Estonia | 100% | 14 | 1:93,956 | 4,008 |
| Lebanon | - | 14 | 1:401,969 | 5,774 |
| Hong Kong | - | 13 | 1:596,363 | 4,636 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 13 | 1:550,153 | 19,206 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 11 | 1:9,977 | 1,310 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 10 | 1:6,130 | 975 |
| China | - | 10 | 1:136,605,578 | 66,281 |
| American Samoa | - | 9 | 1:6,205 | 1,322 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Bermuda | - | 9 | 1:7,203 | 999 |
| Honduras | 100% | 9 | 1:979,719 | 11,190 |
| Norway | 100% | 9 | 1:570,259 | 9,843 |
| Czechia | - | 6 | 1:1,776,027 | 4,577 |
| Belgium | 100% | 5 | 1:2,298,008 | 20,299 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 5 | 1:10,972 | 1,354 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Belize | 100% | 4 | 1:88,577 | 5,260 |
| Burundi | - | 4 | 1:2,476,640 | 1,357 |
| Colombia | 100% | 4 | 1:11,944,732 | 44,648 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Guernsey | - | 4 | 1:15,833 | 609 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 4 | 1:48,589,420 | 158,924 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Saint Lucia | 75% | 4 | 1:44,454 | 3,465 |
| Venezuela | - | 4 | 1:7,550,473 | 90,577 |
| Zimbabwe | 75% | 4 | 1:3,855,954 | 74,439 |
| Austria | 100% | 3 | 1:2,838,067 | 11,255 |
| Bahamas | - | 3 | 1:133,123 | 2,262 |
| Chile | 75% | 3 | 1:5,869,069 | 26,159 |
| Finland | 100% | 3 | 1:1,827,728 | 14,078 |
| Israel | 100% | 3 | 1:2,800,973 | 24,529 |
| Jordan | 100% | 3 | 1:2,942,258 | 8,136 |
| Luxembourg | - | 3 | 1:188,016 | 3,003 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Croatia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,108,538 | 15,895 |
| Cyprus | - | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Ecuador | - | 2 | 1:8,863,460 | 21,868 |
| Kenya | - | 2 | 1:23,153,555 | 56,680 |
| Liberia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,206,030 | 27,695 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 2 | 1:26,394,160 | 73,301 |
| Turkey | - | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Denmark | - | 1 | 1:5,649,498 | 28,429 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Ghana | - | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Palestine | - | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Russia | - | 1 | 1:144,233,704 | 184,271 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| Senegal | 100% | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
The alternate forms: Carmél (7) are calculated separately.
Carmel (7,140) may also be a surname.
Carmel Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
CARMELA, f. In Hebrew, ‘vineyard’ or ‘fruitful field’, the name is more frequent in Italy than in England; in the latter, indeed, it is now rather rare.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Kar'-mel, a circumcised lamb, harvest, vine-yard of God. 1. A city in the tribe of Judah, situated on a mountain of the same name, in the southern part of Palestine. Josh. xv. 55; 1 Sam. xxv. 2, 5. 2. The name of a mountain to the south of Ptolemais. 1 Kings xviii. 19.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: fruitful field.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: A vineyard: park. (Arabic) A field of fruit.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Carmel Forename Popularity
Carmel Demographics
Carmel Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sample size: 19 (1901)
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
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