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Carmine

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Rare & Uncommon ✦ Vintage

✦ Meaning

“Italian name from Latin 'Carminus' or possibly Hebrew 'Karmel' (vineyard/garden). It suggests beauty, fertility, and Mediterranean warmth.”

Popularity Over Time

Carmine US popularity rank over timeRank 2672 in 2002 to rank 378 in 1912. Lower rank numbers are more popular.#378#1525#26721900192019401960198020002024

Carmine is not currently in the US top 1000.

Origin

HebrewItalianLatin

Syllables

2

Nicknames

CarCarmMino

Style

RomanticStrongElegantVintage

Famous Bearers

  • Carmine Infantino (artist)
  • Carmine Coppola (composer)
  • Carmine Appice (drummer)

Collections

Works Everywhere → Beautiful But Not Top 100 → Old Money Names → Two Syllables → Vintage Revival →

Similar Names

Carmine

Hebrew Rare & Uncommon

Carmelo

Hebrew Beautiful But Not Top 100

Sibling Name Ideas

Lucia

Italian Top 100

Vincenzo

Italian Beautiful But Not Top 100

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Cross-Cultural Notes

Italian; works across Mediterranean cultures

People Also Ask

Italian name from Latin 'Carminus' or possibly Hebrew 'Karmel' (vineyard/garden). It suggests beauty, fertility, and Mediterranean warmth.

Carmine is not currently in the US top 1000, making it a genuinely rare choice. It's making a comeback as part of the vintage name wave.

Popular nicknames for Carmine include Car, Carm, Mino.

Names that pair beautifully with Carmine include Lucia, Vincenzo.