Carmen (given name)

''Carmen'' is a feminine given name in the Spanish language. It has two different origins, with its first root used as a nickname for Carmel, from Hebrew ''karmel'' meaning "vineyard of God", which is the name of a mountain range in the Middle East. The second origin is from Latin ''carmen'', which means "song" and is also the root of the English word "charm".

The name of the Roman goddess Carmenta based on this root comes from the purely Latin origin, as is the fragment of archaic Latin known as "Carmen Saliare". The name is generally female in Spanish (Carmen), Portuguese (Carmo), Catalan (Carme), French and Romanian (Carmen). Provided by Wikipedia