Carmen is a ♀ girl name and a ♂ boy name. That makes Carmen one of the gender-neutral unisex names.
Carmen is a Spanish name and derived from the title of the Virgin Mary “Virgen del Carmen” or “Nuestra Señora del Carmen” (virgin of the mountain Carmel). In some countries Carmen is also a boy’s name.
Carmen means “song” (from Latin “carmen”) and “garden”, “orchard” or “fertile land” (from Hebrew “כַּרְמֶל/karmel”) or “vineyards of God” (from Hebrew “כַּרְמִיאֵל/kerem el”).
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