Carmelita

Diminutive of Carmel, Hebrew

"garden"

Carmelita Origin and Meaning

The name Carmelita is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "garden".

Carmelita is an obscure short form of an obscure name that may rise to new prominence during the 2012 Olympics, via runner Carmelita Jeter aka "The World's Fastest Woman." Carmelita has a particularly international flavor with the original Carmel a Hebrew name long popular in Ireland, with Carmelita itself most popular in Latin countries.

Carmelita Rank in US Top 1000

# 973 in the US

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Famous People Named Carmelita

• Carmelita Jeter American Olympic sprinter
• Carmelita Geraghty American silent film actress
• Carmelita Tropicana (born Alina Troyano) Cuban,American actress
• Carmelita González Mexican actress
• Carmelita Hinton American progressive educator
• Carmelita Viridiana Correa Mexican pole vaulter

Carmelita in Pop Culture

• Carmelita Spats a character in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
• Carmelita Montoya Fox character in the Sly Cooper video game series
• "Carmelita " song by Warren Zevon