Names That Mean Garden

  1. Carmi
    • Origin:

      Diminutive of Carmen or Carmelo, Hebrew, Spanish and Italian
    • Meaning:

      "garden"
    • Description:

      This old-school short form is showing signs of life thanks to the FX series The Bear, featuring Jeremy Allen White as Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto. The Carmi spelling updates it for a 21st-century baby.
  2. Ortensia
    • Origin:

      Latin
    • Meaning:

      "of the garden"
    • Description:

      Variant of Hortensia, an unusual floral name and the name of a secondary character in Roald Dahl's Matilda.
  3. Rawdah
    • Origin:

      Arabic
    • Meaning:

      "garden"
    • Description:

      This Muslim girls' name has never gotten much use in the US, but Somali model Rawdah Mohamed may draw more attention to her name.
  4. Hortensia
    • Origin:

      Latin
    • Meaning:

      "of the garden"
    • Description:

      Hortensia is an ancient Roman name that's also the common name of the flower hydrangea. The French form of the name is Hortense, which is coming back into style in Paris but has never caught on in English-speaking countries. A secondary character in Roald Dahl's Matilda is named Hortensia.
  5. Carminho
    • Origin:

      Diminutive of Carmo, Portuguese
    • Meaning:

      "garden"
    • Description:

      Carminho is a Portuguese singer who popularized her stage name — she was born Maria do Carmo Carvalho Rebelo de Andrade. Carminho is a nickname for Carmo, the Portuguese form of the Hebrew name Carmel.
  6. Carmelina
    • Origin:

      Diminutive of Carmela, Italian and Spanish
    • Meaning:

      "garden"
  7. Carmi
    • Origin:

      Diminutive of Carmen or Carmella, Hebrew, Spanish, and Italian
    • Meaning:

      "garden"
    • Description:

      A short and sweet diminutive that has the fashionable -i ending.
  8. Gardener
    • Origin:

      Latin
    • Meaning:

      "keeper of the garden"
    • Description:

      One of the most pleasant and evocative of the hot new occupational names. Related name: Gardner, as in Ava.

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