Carmen has three braided origins. In Spanish, it derives from Carmel — from the Hebrew karmel, meaning "garden" or "orchard" — and is associated with the Virgin Mary as Our Lady of Mount Carmel. In Latin, carmen means "song" or "poem." In Italian, it can also mean "crimson."
Bizet's opera Carmen (1875) made the name internationally famous, particularly through its tragic gypsy heroine. Today Carmen is among the most popular girl names in the Spanish-speaking world and is well-used in many other countries. In the U.S. it sits in the top 600 but is far higher in Spain, Mexico, and across Latin America.
Carmen reduces to seven — the number of independence, depth, and dignified solitude.