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 [ 2 syll. car-mi-ne, ca-rm-ine ] The boy name Carmine is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is KAARMahN KEY. Carmine is largely used in the Italian language and it is derived from Hebrew origins. Biblical name derived from the elements 'karmel' meaning fruit garden, fruitful land ; 'carmen' meaning song. It represents the transferred use of the geographic name as a given name. The generic name has been used in the New Testament of the Bible. The name Carmen (English, Romanian, and Spanish) is the female equivalent of Carmine. Carmel (English and Hebrew), Carmelo (Spanish), and Carmen (English and French) are variants of Carmine. Carmine is an unusual baby name for boys. Its usage peaked in 1912 with 0.023% of baby boys being given the name Carmine. Its ranking then was #377. The baby name has since steeply declined in popularity, and is now of very modest use. In 2008, among the group of boy names directly linked to Carmine, Carmelo (Spanish) was the most regularly used. In the past century Carmine has predominantly been a boy name. Baby names that sound like Carmine include Carmen (English and French), Carney (English), Carran (English), Carwyn (Welsh), Corin (French), Corney (English), Cornie (English), Corwin (English), Curran (English), Karam (Arabic), Kareem (English), Karim (Arabic and English), Kearney, Keeran (English), Kerim (Turkish), Kerwen (English), Kerwin (English), Kiaran (English), Kieran (English and Irish), and Kieren (English). KEY: English pronunciation for Carmine: 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)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
