Carmelita as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Carmelita

What is the meaning of the name Carmelita ?

The baby name Carmelita is a girl name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced kar-meh-LEE-tah.

Carmelita is Hebrew, Spanish in Origin.

Carmelita is a Spanish feminine name built on Carmel, ultimately from Hebrew Karmel, the biblical place-name written כַּרְמֶל (Karmel). In Hebrew the noun denotes a cultivated garden-land or orchard, especially fertile vineyard country; it is related to kerem, vineyard, rather than a transparent phrase of God. The Spanish ending -ita is the feminine diminutive suffix, so Carmelita can be read literally as little Carmel or, in Spanish religious usage, a Carmelite.

The name developed in Catholic naming around titles of the Virgin Mary associated with Mount Carmel, especially Nuestra Señora del Carmen, and with the Carmelite order. It has been used in Spanish-speaking communities, the Philippines, and English-speaking countries influenced by Hispanic or Catholic usage. Related forms include Carmela, Carmelina, Carmella, Carmelo, Carmen, Carmina, Carme, and Portuguese Carmo. In the United States it appears in twentieth-century records but remains uncommon in recent Social Security data.