Carmelo
given name · Latin script
Meaning: a male given name of biblical origin, the masculine form of Carmela
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Carmelo is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Italy than in any other country. In Malta it is the 26th most common given name.
- ITItaly≈1 in 1.2K(inferred from the name graph)
- UYUruguay≈1 in 1.9K
- PYParaguay≈1 in 2K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Italy (inferred from the name graph)
- 4 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 293 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.2K (inferred from the name graph)
≈51,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Italy, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a male given name of biblical origin, the masculine form of Carmela
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Carmelo counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IT Italy | #224 | ≈51,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | 123 | Carmelo | 175 |
| ES Spain | #253 | 16,436 | 1 in 3K | 17K | Carmelo | 163 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈14,000 est. | ≈1 in 7.7K | — | Carmelo | 65 |
| US United States | — | 12,863 | 1 in 26K | 13K | Carmelo | 293 |
| AR Argentina | #506 | ≈10,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.5K | 203 | Carmelo | 61 |
| VE Venezuela | #492 | ≈7,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.1K | — | Carmelo | 49 |
| PY Paraguay | #311 | ≈3,600 est. | ≈1 in 2K | — | Carmelo | 28 |
| UY Uruguay | #145 | ≈1,800 est. | ≈1 in 1.9K | — | Carmelo | 26 |
| MT Malta | #26 | ≈50 est. | ≈1 in 9.1K | — | Carmelo | 27 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Carmelo is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, männl. Vom., männliche Form von
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Viña de Dios
as a name25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
Orto di Dio
as a nameIl grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Vincenzo Bellinib. 1801ITnot in their usual nameItalian opera composer (1801–1835)
- Dun Karm Psailab. 1871MTnot in their usual nameMaltese poet (1871-1961)
- Carmelo Robledob. 1912ARboxer
- Aníbal Troilob. 1914ARnot in their usual nameArgentine tango musician (1914-1975)
- Carmelo Bernaolab. 1929ESSpanish musician (1929–2002)
- Carmelo Cedrúnb. 1930ESSpanish football player and manager (1930–2026)
- Carmelo Beneb. 1937ITItalian actor (1937–2002)
- Carmelo Gómezb. 1962ESSpanish actor
- Carmelo Abelab. 1972MTMaltese politician
- Carmelo Anthonyb. 1984USAmerican basketball player (born 1984)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 72 sources across 37 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 17K | #165 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 16K | #402 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 13K | #2,094 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 377 | — |
| IT Italy | ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend) | 2024 | 123 | #157 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 65 | #2,094 |
| AR Argentina | datos.gob.ar — nombres.datos.gob.ar per-name lookup (1922–2015) | 2015 | 31 | — |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — births 1922–2015 (Kaggle mirror) | 2015 | 31 | — |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present) | 2024 | 26 | #1,397 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1923 | 5 | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Carmelo mean, and where does it come from?
- a male given name of biblical origin, the masculine form of Carmela Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Carmelo a male or female name?
- Carmelo is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Carmelo?
- In the etymology graph, Carmine is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Carmelo have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 51 thousand people named Carmelo in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled carmelo.
- How common is the name Carmelo?
- In Spain, the national register counted 16,436 people named Carmelo, about 1 in 3.0 thousand residents.
- How common is Carmelo compared with other names?
- In Italy, Carmelo is the 224th most common given name of 102,667 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Carmelo?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/carmeloThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Carmelo” — the 224th most common given name in Italy. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.