Carme is the Catalan form of Carmen — from the Hebrew karmel ("vineyard, garden"), the Virgin Mary's title as Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Among the most beloved Catalan feminine names. **Carme Riera (born 1948)** is the Mallorcan novelist and member of the Real Academia Española.
Used widely across Catalonia, Valencia, and the Balearic Islands.
Carme reduces to nine — the number of Catalan Marian.