Carmella
Meaning
garden, orchard (from Mount Carmel)
Carmella around the world
One shared root links 4 names across 3 languages.
Shared root: from Mount Carmel, Hebrew karmel "garden, orchard", by way of Our Lady of Mount Carmel; the Spanish form leans on Latin carmen "song"
The constellation
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Carmella peaked in the 1900s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
See popularity in Brazil
Popularity in Brazil
110 people · the #38,609 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 82
Among people named Carmella living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1930s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Carmella
People given the name Carmella in the United States span the generations: the middle half were born anywhere from 1950 to 2019. Age is the one thing the name won't tell you.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Carmella deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Carmella truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Carmella fits with your family’s names and surname.
Does Carmella fit YOUR family?
nametree reads your family’s names and finds the ones that belong. Free, private, no ads.
Add Carmella to your family’s tree →