Carmela

Where Carmela comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Carmela.

  • Vowel-ended
Carmela through the years
  1. 1882
    First appearance
    #908 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1923
    Peak, #266
    586 babies named Carmela, the most in any year.
  3. 1934
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #388.
  4. 1938
    Carmela Corren born
    Israeli singer and actress
  5. 1991
    Carmela Zumbado born
    American actress and social media personality
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Carmela Corren · Israeli singer and actress, 1938–2022
  • Carmela Zumbado · American actress and social media personality, born 1991
  • Carmela Silva · Spanish politician, born 1960
  • Carmela Chiacchio · Italian boxer, born 1981
  • Carmela Jeria Gómez · Chilean labour activist, typesetter and editor, 1901–1966

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.