Comments (Usage Only)
Also Portuguese (Brazilian): https://www.behindthename.com/name/carmelita/top/brazil
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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)