Fun Facts About the Name Karmella
- 521 babies named Karmella: U.S. records list 521 babies given the name Karmella from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Karmella Mean?
Karmella is a spelling variant of Carmela, a feminine name taken from the Hebrew word karmel (כַּרְמֶל), commonly translated "vineyard of God" or "garden of God." The word is formed from kerem, meaning "vineyard" or "orchard," and el, meaning "God." In the Hebrew Bible, karmel can also refer to fresh grain or fertile garden land, and it is the name of Mount Carmel on the northern coast of Israel.
The name reached European languages through Greek Karmēlos and Latin Carmelus, which produced the Italian and Spanish feminine Carmela and the masculine Carmelo. Karmella carries the same derivation; the initial K is an orthographic choice rather than a difference in origin, since Karmella belongs to the group of spellings used in languages that normally write the /k/ sound with K instead of C.
Karmella Name History & Origins
Carmel is an old place name. Mount Carmel is the setting of the biblical account of the prophet Elijah and the prophets of Baal in 1 Kings 18, and the same mountain gave its name to the Carmelite order, which began on its slopes in the 12th century. Devotion to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, and the scapular connected with that title, carried the word Carmel through Catholic Europe, and the feminine given name Carmela developed alongside it, chiefly in Italy and Spain.
Karmella shares that background rather than having a separate history of its own. Its form reflects the spelling conventions of the languages in which it appears, where K is the ordinary letter for the sound spelled C in Italian and Spanish. Because it is a modified spelling rather than a distinct name with its own documented tradition, its history is essentially the history of Carmela and of the shrine and title behind it.
How Popular is the Name Karmella?
Karmella has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2012. Its best rank was #4,547 in 2012.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,675 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 2024 | #6,256 | 19 | 0.0012% |
| 2023 | #6,057 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2022 | #5,723 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 2021 | #5,651 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 2020 | #4,944 | 26 | 0.0016% |
| 2019 | #5,097 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2018 | #5,690 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 2017 | #5,244 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2016 | #7,417 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2015 | #5,746 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2014 | #9,244 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2013 | #5,567 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 2012 | #4,547 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 2011 | #5,456 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2010 | #5,876 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2009 | #5,624 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2008 | #9,773 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2007 | #8,304 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2006 | #10,243 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2005 | #6,992 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2004 | #15,073 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #13,108 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2002 | #16,742 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2000 | #16,248 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #13,339 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1988 | #9,738 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1987 | #10,474 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1986 | #10,112 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1984 | #8,588 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1983 | #11,027 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1980 | #11,124 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1976 | #8,601 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1974 | #9,368 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1970 | #8,599 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1967 | #7,256 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1960 | #6,804 | 5 | 0.0002% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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