Shem Tov Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today
KarmelaIn Hebrew: כרמלה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
Romanization: karméla
Karmela (Hebrew: כרמלה) is a girl's name of international origin. 3,436 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1951, with 507 babies.
- People in Israel
- 3,436
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- —
- not in the list
- Peak year
- 1951
- 507 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Karmela
In Hebrew letters the name is כרמלה, read right to left. Karmela is the Latin spelling recorded in Wiktionary; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "karméla" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a female given name, Carmela
Feminine form of כַּרְמֶל (karmél), suffixed with ־ה (-a).
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Karmela by year in Israel
How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Karmela
How do you write Karmela in Hebrew?
Karmela is written כרמלה in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "karméla".
How many people in Israel are named Karmela?
3,436 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name כרמלה: 3,436 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is Karmela a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named כרמלה are women.
What does the name Karmela mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a female given name, Carmela" Etymology: Feminine form of כַּרְמֶל (karmél), suffixed with ־ה (-a).
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.