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Carmen is a unisex given name that represents two names taken as one. Its first (and original) root is Italian, Spanish and Portuguese, used as a diminutive nickname for ''Carmel'' and ''Carmelo'' (respectively), from Hebrew ''karmel'', "God's vineyard." The second (and more recent) origin is from Latin ''carmen'', which means "song," "tune," or "poem" and is also the root of the English word charm. The name of the Roman Goddess Carmenta based on this root comes from the purely Latin origin. While in English the name is unisex, in Italian, in Spanish and in Portuguese it is generally female. ==Spanish name== As a Spanish given name, it is usually part of the devotional compound names ''María del Carmen'', ''Nuestra Señora del Carmen'' (Our Lady of Carmen) or ''Virgen del Carmen'' (in English ''Our Lady of Mount Carmel''), stemming from the tradition of the vision of Mary the mother of Jesus on 16 July 1251 by Simon Stock, head of the Carmelite order. Its presence in literature: In Nabokov's ''Lolita'', the name is used in reference to Mr. Clare Quilty, the man who takes Lolita from Humbert. Carmen and Clare being both male and female names, Lolita uses them to deceive Humbert into thinking he is a woman and no threat. * Carmen, opera by Bizet, about a Spanish gypsy who is killed by jealous lover * Carmen Carrera, American reality television personality, model and burlesque performer * Carmen Basilio, American professional boxer * Carmen Espinoza-Rodriquez, American singer-songwriter * Carmen Electra, American actress * Carmen Fanzone, former Major League Baseball player and accomplished horn player * Carmen Kass, Estonian model * Carmen Luvana, American porn star * Carmen Maxwell, American voice actor * Carmen McRae, American jazz singer * Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian samba singer and film star * Carmen Radu, former CEO of Eximbank Romania * Carmen Rinke, Canadian boxer * Carmen Rupe, New Zealand-Australian LGBT activist and drag-queen (1936–2011) * Carmen Salvino, American professional bowler * Carmen Suleiman, Egyptian singer * Carmen Samy, Egyptian Pharmacist *Carrmen Beverly Welch, Canadian Power Engineer; a successful scientific analytical woman in a predominantly male industry. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Carmen (name)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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