Carme
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Carme |
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Pronunciation | EN: kär'mē; CAT: kär'mā |
Gender | female |
Meaning | "garden" and "harvester" |
Region of Origin | Spain, English-speaking countries |
Origin | Hebrew and Greek, respectively |
Related names | Carmelita, Carmelito, Carmelina, Carmelino, Carmella, Carmela, Carmelo, Carmel, Carmen, Carmina, Carmine, Carmo |
Wikipedia articles | All pages beginning with Carme |
The "garden" origin is from Hebrew karmel; the "harvester" origin is from Greek Karmē; the two origins are unrelated |
Carme is a feminine given name of two separate origins. The first is a Galician and Catalan form of Hebrew karmel, "garden". The second is from Greek Karmē, whose name means "she who cuts the grain", from keirein, "to cut".
Carme can mean one of the following:
- Carme, a moon of Jupiter.
- Carme, a figure in Greek mythology.
[edit] People
- Carme Figueres i Siñol, a Catalonian politician.
- Carme Laura Gil i Miró, a Catalonian professor.
- Carme Pinós, a Catalonian architect.
- Carme Riera, a Catalonian professor.
- Carme Ruscalleda, a Catalonian chef.
- Carme, a Peruvian folk musician.
[edit] Other
- Carme group, a group of satellites orbiting Jupiter.
- Carme, a village in Barcelona province, Spain.