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I didn't know this was only a Spanish name, the only Carmelita I've met was Italian. I like it all the same!
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Also Portuguese (Brazilian): https://www.behindthename.com/name/carmelita/top/brazil
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I read the Series of Unfortunate Events twice and one of the villain's names is Carmelita Spats.
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Carmelita Fox is a member of Interpol in the game series of Sly Cooper.
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My first name, people do find it rare and compliment me all the time about it. :) problem is that it is easy to forget.
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Carmelita Jeter is an American sprinter who is the second fastest sprinter ever.
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Caramel eater?
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Maybe if you're pronouncing both Caramel and Carmelita wrong.
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Pronounced Cahr-meh-lee-tah.
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This is rock singer Lita Ford's full first name.
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It reminds me of Caramel.
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I think that this name is quite long, but a great nickname for Carmelita is Carmit. Carmit is also the red-headed girl off of the Pussy Cat Dolls. They rock!
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This is my mom's middle name, I kinda like it. But it sounds a bit weird when a full-grown woman says "Hi, my name is Nora Carmelita".
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Carmelita Spats [in the Lemony Snicket books] is rude girl, calling many people cakesniffers, please.
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Comments are left by users of this website. They are not checked for accuracy.
Usages: Spanish (Philippines), Portuguese (Brazilian), English (American)
Meaning: Diminutive of Carmela. In various languages, this is also the name for the members of the Catholic religious order of Mount Carmel (also known as just Carmelites) and the Order of the Discalced Carmelites.
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References
MEANING
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orden_de_Nuestra_Se%C3%B1ora_del_Monte_Carmelo
https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordem_do_Carmo
https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmelita
USAGE
General
• https://forebears.io/forenames/carmelita (mostly in the Philippines, Brazil, the US, Mexico, Colombia and South Africa)
• https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/people/?firstName=carmelita (10000 results: 3200 in the US, 2100 in Brazil, 1500 in the Philippines, 1000 in Mexico, 427 in South Africa)
United States
• SSA: www.behindthename.com/top/beyond?name=Carmelita&gender=&type=sample
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmelita_Geraghty
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmelita_Hinton
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmelita_Maracci
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmelita_Vigil-Schimmenti
Brazil
• According to 2010 census, 38501 bearers (38403 women, 98 men) peaking in the 1940's. https://censo2010.ibge.gov.br/nomes/#/search
Mexico
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmelita_Correa
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmelita_Gonz%C3%A1lez
Philippines
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmelita_Abdurahman
Canada
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmelita_McGrath
(Information from name #469719 originally submitted by user Lord)