Carmelita

Where Carmelita comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Carmelita.

  • Vowel-ended
Carmelita through the years
  1. 1887
    First appearance
    #937 among girls with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1901
    Carmelita Geraghty born
    American actress and painter
  3. 1930
    Peak, #664
    107 babies named Carmelita, its best rank.
  4. 1979
    Carmelita Jeter born
    American female 100m sprinter
  5. 1985
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #2,484.
In the dictionary

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Namesakes
  • Carmelita Jeter · American female 100m sprinter, born 1979
  • Carmelita Geraghty · American actress and painter, 1901–1966
  • Carmelita González · Mexican actress, 1928–2010
  • Carmelita Correa · Mexican pole vaulter, born 1988
  • Carmelita Tropicana · Cuban-American actress, born 1951

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.