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[qtshorty1625.livejournal.com]

My mom's watching Income Property and there's a guy on it named Carmen. It was mentioned that he's Italian.

It was the first time I had ever heard Carmen as a male name. Is this popular in Italy/Italian families?

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[ma-ee-uh.livejournal.com]

http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Carmen

[qtshorty1625.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link!

(and that brings a whole new meaning of Carmine being a singer. . . sorry, tangent there!)

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I work at a school in an Italian area and 90% of the kids are Italian.
We've had both a male and female Carmen.

[retrodancekitty.livejournal.com]

No, Carmen is a female name, Carmine is a male name (I'm italian in Italy).
I think the closeness in pronunciation is what gave way to the promiscuous use.

[ealexsism.livejournal.com]

I've never heard it before but I kinda like it!

[aimeewins.livejournal.com]

I've known three male Carmens (one I'm related to, one is a guy I went to school with, and the third is his dad). Pretty sure they're all Italian...

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

I was watching that episode last night. I thought they said the guy was Portuguese and his fiancee was Italian. Perhaps its common as a male name in Portugal? It's certainly not the first time I've seen it on a guy.

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

*it's

[qtshorty1625.livejournal.com]

It's possible I got the two confused. I knew one was Portuguese and one was Italian, so I had a 50/50 chance :).

[politicking.livejournal.com]

Where I work, we have a homeowner named Carmen. He is in his mid-60s.