Carmine

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Origin: Italian, Arabic

Meaning: an Italian masculine form of Carmen, the Spanish form of Carmel meaning "garden" in Hebrew; the spelling of Carmen was influenced by the Latin word carmen meaning "song" or "poem".

Carmine is also the name of a purplish-red color, derived from Arabic qirmaz meaning "crimson" and Latin minium meaning "red lead, cinnabar".


Variants:

• Carmelo (Spanish, Italian)
• Carmo (Portuguese)

Feminine forms:

• Carmela (Italian, Spanish)
• Carmella 
• Carmen
• Karmen
• Carmina (Italian, Spanish)
• Carme (Galician, Catalan)
• Carmelita (Spanish diminutive of Carmel)