The baby name Carminda is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced IPA: /karˈminda/; English respelling: kar-MIN-dah (kar-MIN-də).
The baby name Carminda is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced IPA: /karˈminda/; English respelling: kar-MIN-dah (kar-MIN-də).
Carminda is Latin, Spanish in Origin.
Carminda is a Portuguese and Galician feminine given name formed as a derivative of Carmen/Carmo (from Hebrew Karmel ‘garden, orchard, fruitful vineyard’) combined with the productive suffix -inda, common in Iberian naming. Through Marian devotion to Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Nossa Senhora do Carmo/Virgen del Carmen), the name carries associations of fertility, beauty, and protection; the Latin carmen “song” sometimes colors folk etymology, but the standard lineage is from Carmel.
Documented in parish registers in Portugal, the Azores, and Lusophone Africa from the late 19th to mid‑20th centuries, Carminda enjoyed steady use in Brazil in the 1930s–60s and persists in diaspora communities. Variants and cognates include Carmelinda, Carmina, Carmen/Carmem, Carmelina, and the Galician diminutive Carmiña; short forms Minda and Carminha also occur. Related male forms are Carmo and Carmine. Overall sense: “vineyard/garden,” with Marian overtones.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HN | Girls | 0 | #38 | 1 | 884 |
| AO | 0 | #77 | 1 | 2,729 | |
| MU | 0 | #133 | 5 | 3,613 | |
| LU | Girls | 0 | #175 | 11 | 4,850 |
| AO | Girls | 0 | #216 | 2 | 4,575 |
| PT | 0 | #227 | 20 | 4,161 | |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #240 | 281 | 7,952 |
| JP | Girls | 0 | #251 | 1 | 6,592 |
| MU | Girls | 0 | #292 | 60 | 8,539 |
| France | Girls | 1981 | #359 | 3 | 1,634 |
| PA | Girls | 0 | #518 | 1 | 9,861 |
| GT | Girls | 0 | #539 | 3 | 7,500 |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #573 | 1 | 11,342 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #597 | 1 | 20,968 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #631 | 2 | 18,916 |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #923 | 19 | 12,708 |
| Spain | Girls | 0 | #973 | 11 | 5,561 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,014 | 1 | 25,931 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,131 | 11 | 25,928 |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,267 | 1 | 17,781 |
Carminda is popular in 17 countries — most recent births per country:
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