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Meaning & Origins
(Spanish) form of Carmel, altered by folk etymology to the form of the Latin word carmen ‘song’. It is now sometimes found as a given name in the English-speaking world, in spite of, or perhaps because of, its association with the tragic romantic heroine of Bizet's opera Carmen (1875), based on a short story by Prosper Mérimée.
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Spanish (García) and Portuguese: from a medieval personal name of uncertain origin. It is normally found in medieval records in the Latin form Garsea, and may well be of pre-Roman origin, perhaps akin to Basque (h)artz ‘bear’.
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Nicknames & variations
Carmine, Carman, Carmon, Carmena, Carmina, Carmencita, Carmenza, Carmin, Carmona, Carmencata
Garces, Garceau, Gerke, Gorka, Garcilazo, Garcon, Garczynski, Garci, Gurka, Garcias
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