Carme (name)

Carme
Pronunciation	EN: kär'mē; CAT: kär'mā
Gender	female
Origin
Word/Name	Hebrew and Greek, respectively
Meaning	"garden" and "harvester"
Region of origin	Spain, English-speaking countries
Other names
Related names	Carmelita, Carmelito, Carmelina, Carmelino, Carmella, Carmela, Carmelo, Carmel, Carmen, Carmina, Carmine, Carmo
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".

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 (musician), a Peruvian folk musician

Other

Carme (mythology), a figure in Greek mythology.

See also

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