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Carmelo - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Carmelo

[ 3 syll. car-me-lo, ca-rm-elo ] The boy name Carmelo is pronounced as KaaRMEHLow KEY. Carmelo is used chiefly in Spanish and its origin is Hebrew. Carmelo is a variant of the name Carmine (Italian).

Carmelo is a classic favorite. At present it is still a somewhat popular baby name for boys, though to a lesser extent than it was previously. The name's popularity has been increasing since the 2000s. At the modest height of its usage in 2007, 0.011% of baby boys were named Carmelo. It ranked at #860 then. In 2008, its usage was 0.010% and its ranking #941, and it was the most widely used within all boy names in its group.

Baby names that sound like Carmelo include Corneliu (Romanian), Korneli (Polish), Carmel (English and Hebrew), Cornall (English), Corneille (French), Cornel (English, German, and Romanian), Cornelio (Italian and Spanish), Cornell (English), Cornélio (Portuguese), Karmel, Kornel (Czech, Polish, and Slavic), and Kornél (Hungarian).

A famous person named Carmelo is Basketball Player Carmelo Anthony, born 29 May 1984, New York, New York.

KEY: English pronunciation for Carmelo: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)"


 
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