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Carmelia
How to Pronounce Carmelia
Pronounced kar-MEEL-yuh /kɑrˈmiljə/Medium
Meaning: Carmelia is an elaboration of Carmel or Carmela, from the Hebrew karmel, meaning garden or orchard and tied to Mount Carmel. The added -ia ending gives a fuller, more ornate form of the Marian name Carmela.Low
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U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Carmelia is a fuller form of Carmel or Carmela, from the Hebrew karmel, garden or orchard, and linked to Mount Carmel. It appears in American records from around 1912, often with Italian Catholic heritage, and had a small high near 1960.
It was never common, given to only a couple dozen girls a year even at that high, and rare into the two-thousands. A girl named Carmelia at mid-century would be a grandmother today, frequently of Italian background.
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What does the name Carmelia mean?
It is an elaboration of Carmel or Carmela, from the Hebrew karmel, meaning garden or orchard.
How do you pronounce Carmelia?
It's said kar-MEEL-yuh /kɑrˈmiljə/, three syllables with the stress on the second.
Is Carmelia a boy or girl name?
Carmelia is used as a girl's name.
Is Carmelia a popular name?
No, it was always rare, an elaboration of Carmela given to only a few girls a year, with a small high around the nineteen-sixties.