Carme (given name)

Carme

Pronunciation	EN: kär'mē; CAT: kär'mā; GAL: kär'mē.
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 Figueras, a Catalan politician
• Carme Laura Gil, a Catalan professor
• Carme Pinós, a Catalan architect
• Carme Riera, a Catalan professor
• Carme Ruscalleda, a Catalan chef

Other

• Carme (mythology), a figure in Greek mythology.

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Carme
• All pages with titles containing Carme
• Carle, surnames
• Carle (given name)
• Karmei Tzur
• Carmen (given name)