Carmine (given name)

Carmine

Pronunciation	Italian: [ˈkarmine]
Gender	male
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew and Latin, respectively
Meaning	"garden" and "of song"
Region of origin	Italy, English-speaking countries
Other names
Related names	Carmelita, Carmelito, Carmelina, Carmelino, Carmella, Carmela, Carmelo, Carmel, Carmen, Carmina, Carmo, Carme
The "garden" origin from Hebrew karmel, the "of song" origin from Late Latin carmīnis; the two origins are unrelated

Carmine is a male given name of Italian origins. It also has the meaning "purplish-red" from an Aramaic word qirmizī which means “crimson” in English. Notable people with the name include:

• Carmine Abate (born 1954), Italian writer
• Carmine Abbagnale (born 1962), Italian competition rower
• Carmine Agnello (born 1960), American alleged mobster
• Carmine Alfieri (born 1943), Italian fugitive
• Carmine Appice (born 1946), American drummer
• Carmine Benincasa (1947–2020), Italian art critic
• Carmine Caracciolo, 5th Prince of Santo Buono (1671–1726), grandee of Spain
• Carmine Cardamone (born 1950), American politician
• Carmine Caridi (1934–2019), American film actor
• Carmine Chiappetta (born 2003), Swiss football player
• Carmine Cirella (born 1960), Canadian ice hockey player
• Carmine Coppola (1910–1991), American composer
• Carmine Coppola (footballer) (born 1979), Italian footballer
• Carmine Crocco (1830–1905), Italian brigand
• Carmine Cucciniello (born 1988), Italian football player
• Carmine de Laurentiis, Italian mandolist
• Carmine DeSapio (1908–2004), American politician, Tammany Hall boss
• Carmine DeSopo (born 1940), American politician
• Carmine Di Giandomenico (born 1973), Italian visual artist
• Carmine Di Sibio (born 1963), American chief executive
• Carmine Esposito (born 1970), Italian footballer
• Carmine Fatico (1910–1991), American mobster
• Carmine Furletti (1926–2008), Brazilian football player
• Carmine Galante (1910–1979), American mobster
• Carmine Gallo (born 1965), American author
• Carmine Gallone (1885–1973), Italian film director
• Carmine Biagio Gatti (born 1988), Italian football player
• Carmine Gautieri (born 1970), Italian football coach
• Carmine Gentile, American politician
• Carmine Gentile (painter) (1678–1763), Italian painter
• Carmine Giordani (1685–1758), Italian composer
• Carmine Giordano (born 1982), Italian football player
• Carmine Giorgi (1910–1965), Brazilian athlete
• Carmine Giorgione (born 1991), Italian footballer
• Carmine Giovinazzo (born 1973), American actor
• Carmine Gorga (born 1935), Italian-American economist
• Carmine Gori-Merosi (1810–1886), Italian bishop
• Carmine Guida (born 1975), American musician
• Carmine Infantino (1925–2013), American comic book artist and editor
• Carmine Isacco (born 1970), Canadian soccer player
• Carmine Lombardozzi (1913–1992), American mobster
• Carmine J. Marasco (1891–1960), American politician and judge
• Carmine Marcantonio (born 1954), Canadian retired soccer player
• Carmine Mirabelli (1889–1951), Brazilian spiritual medium
• Carmine Molaro (born 1975), Italian boxer
• Carmine Nigro (1910–2001), American chess player
• Carmine Palumbo (born 1993), Italian footballer
• Carmine Pariante (born 1966), British psychiatrist
• Carmine Parlato (born 1970), Italian football manager
• Carmine Pecorelli (1928–1979), Italian journalist
• Carmine Persico (1933–2019), American mobster
• Carmine Preziosi (born 1943), Italian bicycler
• Carmine Recano (born 1980), Italian actor
• Carmine Rocco (1912–1982), Italian prelate
• Carmine Rojas (born 1953), American bassist
• Carmine Romano (1935–2011), American mobster
• Carmine Saponetti (1913–1990), Italian cyclist
• Carmine Savino (1911–1993), American politician
• Carmine Schiavone (1943–2015), Italian politician
• Carmine Sciandra (born 1952), American gangster
• Carmine Senise (1883–1958), Italian police officer
• Carmine Sessa (born 1951), Italian-American mobster
• Carmine Setola (born 1999), Italian footballer
• Carmine Starnino (born 1970), Canadian poet
• Carmine Tommasone (born 1984), Italian boxer
• Carmine Tramunti (1910–1978), Italian-American mobster
• Carmine Tucci (1933–1990), Italian ice hockey player
• Carmine Verduci (1959–2014), Italian-Canadian mobster
• Carmine Vingo (1929–2015), American boxer
• Carmine Zoccali (born 1947), Italian nephrologist

Fictional characters

• Carmine, a alligator in the 2006 Disney animated film The Wild
• Carmine, the purple music race car and a character from the Disney animated TV series Little Einsteins season 2 episode Carmine's Big Race
• Carmine Falcone, a DC comics character.
• Carmine Lupertazzi, a character from the show The Sopranos
  • Little Carmine, Lupertazzi's son
• Carmine Lorenzo, the fictional airport Captain of Police in Die Hard 2 played by Dennis Franz
• Carmine "The Big Ragoo" Ragusa, a character from the show Laverne & Shirley
• Carmine, Cerise Hood's pet dire wolf from the Mattel franchise Ever After High
• Carmine, Family name in the games “Gears of War”
• Carmine Esclados, the main antagonist of the RWBY spinoff novel RWBY: After the Fall
• Carmine, a character from the video game Pokémon Scarlet and Violet's downloadable content expansion pack The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero

See also

• Carmin (disambiguation), includes list of people with name Carmin