🔥Carmen

Spanish variation of Carmel or Latin

"garden or song"

Carmen Origin and Meaning

The name Carmen is a girl's name of Spanish origin meaning "garden or song".

Carmen has long been associated with the sensuous, tragic heroine of Bizet's opera, based on a novel by Prosper Merimee; more recently it has called to mind two other bombshells: Carmen Miranda (born Maria) and Carmen Electra (born Tara), as well as the great jazz singer Carmen McRae. In the celebrity baby name world, this classic Spanish name for girls was used by Hilaria and Alec Baldwin for their oldest daughter.

She has plenty of childhood references as well: Carmen Elizabeth Juanita Echo Sky Brava Cortez is a character from the Spy Kids trilogy, Carmen Lowell appears in the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series, Carmen de la Pica Morales was a character on The L Word, and Carmen Sandiego is the clever anti-hero in the Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? computer-game franchise—she was named for Carmen Miranda and the city of San Diego.

In the Latin community, Carmen is also used as a boys’ name.

Carmen Rank in US Top 1000

# 434 in the US

Carmen Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 543 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Carmen

• 434 US 2023
• 543 Nameberry 2025
• 853 England 2023
• 13 Spain 2023
• 314 Mexico 2021

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Famous People Named Carmen

• Carmen Miranda (born Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha) Portuguese actress and singer
• Carmen Electra (born Tara Leigh Patrick) American actress and model
• Carmen Mercedes McRae American jazz singer
• Carmen Rasmusen Canadian,American country music singer ("American Idol")
• Carmen McAleer u12 CLRG World Champion
• Carmen Monarcha Brazilian singer
• Carmen Kass Estonian model
• Carmen Isabella "Mandy" Millier English actress
• Carmen García Maura Spanish actress
• Carmen Whelan Canadian rhythmic gymnast
• Carmen Mary Lawrence 25th Premier of Western Australia
• Carmen Carrera (born Christopher Roman) American transgender reality television personality, model and burlesque performer
• Yvette Carmen Mimieux French,Mexican actress
• Carmen Sylva pen name of Queen Elisabeth of Romania
• Carmen Noel Canales (b. 2007) daughter of gymnast Dominique Moceanu and Michael Canales
• Carmen Gabriela Baldwin (b. 2013) daughter of actor Alec Baldwin
• Carmen Eliana Gonzalez Intal (b. 2018) daughter of Filipino professional basketball player JC Intal & Filipina TV host and model Bianca Gonzalez
• Carmen Amaya Spanish dancer

The name Carmen in Pop Culture

• "Carmen " opera by Georges Bizet and its main character
• "Carmen Sandiego " video game, TV series and its main character
• Carmen Consuela Lopez character on "The George Lopez Show"
• Carmen Lowell character in "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" series
• Carmen character in 1986 movie "The Color of Money"
• Carmen Hernández Wood character in the Blackwood Security series by Elise Noble
• Carmen Elizabeth Juanita Echo Sky Brava Cortez character in the Spy Kids movies
• Carmen Tibideux character on TV's "Glee"
• Carmen Jones musical, movie and its main character
• Carmen Marquez de Castillo minor character in telenovela "Destinos"
• Carmen Villalta character in the 2012 silent film "Blancanieves"
• Carmen character in "Bel Canto" by Ann Patchett
• 'Carmen' song by Lana Del Rey
• Carmen character from Deathvalley RPG
• Carmen a rabbit villager from Animal Crossing
• Carmen a mouse villager from Animal Crossing