Carmel
[ˈkɑːrməl]Meaning
from the Hebrew karmel, meaning "garden"; a mountain in Israel
Background Story
Carmel comes from the title of the Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, which refers to the mountain כַּרְמֶל (Karmel) in Israel. As an English given name it has mainly been used by Catholics, and it is also used in Catalan, Croatian, Estonian, French, Galician, German, Hebrew, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian and Slovene.
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