Carmine as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Carmine

What is the meaning of the name Carmine ?

The baby name Carmine is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /karˈmiːne/ (Italian: kar-MEE-neh); /ˈkɑrmiːn/ (English: CAR-meen) — alternative English /ˈkɑrmaɪn/ (CAR-mine).

Carmine is Italian in Origin.

Carmine is an Italian masculine given name rooted in devotion to the Madonna del Carmine - Our Lady of Mount Carmel - via the Carmelite tradition. It ultimately traces to Hebrew Karmel, “garden, vineyard” or “fertile field,” a toponym for the biblical Mount Carmel. The name flourished in southern Italy from the late Middle Ages, with widespread use marked by July processions for the Virgin; it later traveled with Italian emigrants to the Americas, where Carmine appeared in early-20th-century records and sometimes alternated with the form Carmen.

Variants and related forms include Carmelo (m), Carmel (m/f), Carmen (primarily f in Spanish, historically m in Italian communities), Carmela and Carmelina/Carmelita (f), and Carmina (f); spellings with K (Karmel, Karmen) occur in some languages. While occasionally linked to Latin carmen “song,” this is secondary folk etymology. The pigment word carmine (crimson dye) is etymologically separate.