Carmel Family History
Carmel Name Meaning
Americanized form of Jewish Karmel . French: nickname derived from carme ‘Carmelite friar’ (the Carmelites are a mendicant order founded at Mount Carmel ‘God's vineyard’ a mountain in the Holy Land during the Crusades) or a habitational name from (Le) Carmel the name of several places in France named after the Mount Carmel mentioned in the Bible (1 Kings 18:19; see Carmelo ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022