Carmela
From Mount Carmel; Hebrew garden
Carmela is an Italian, Spanish, and Galician form of Carmel. The name is associated with Our Lady of Mount Carmel, while the mountain’s Hebrew name Karmel means garden.
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- Carmela♀From Mount Carmel; Hebrew garden
- Eufrasio♂Masculine form in the Greek joy-name family
- Gaudencia♀Rejoicing, from Latin gaudere
- Jopito♂Documented Galician familiar name paired with Antonio
- Leonigildo♂A historically documented Leovigildo-family spelling
- Mela·A Galician familiar form related to Carme and Carmela
- Pancracio♂Greek name elements: all and power
- Purificacion♀Purification; a Marian devotional name
- Ramilo♂Ramiro family; famous element, first root disputed
- Ramir♂Ramiro family; famous element, first root disputed
- Roquito♂Canarian Spanish diminutive of Roque
- Tosing♀Fruitful, through familiar Fructuosa
- Vital♂Having life or giving life, from Latin Vitalis
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Eufrasio
Masculine form in the Greek joy-name family
The Real Academia Galega explains Eufrasio through feminine Euphrasia, from a Greek noun for joy or a festive feeling. It identifies Eufrasio as the Spanish equivalent as well as the Galician form.
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Rejoicing, from Latin gaudere
Gaudencia has a direct Latin explanation in Václav Rameš’s encyclopedia of given names: he derives the exact form from gaudere, to rejoice. This supplies the missing feminine-name account.
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Documented Galician familiar name paired with Antonio
Museo do Pobo Galego’s oral-history transcript refers to Antonio “Jopito” and to a related family member sharing the familiar name. This establishes actual regional familiar-name use.
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- 4 Dictionary evidence
- 3 Wikidata
- 9 Philippine source records
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