Modern Hebrew nameformed from the Hebrew place name כַּרְמִיאֵל (Karmi'el), meaning "God's vineyards," and the letter ה (Heh), which denotes a direction; hence it means "to Karmiel." Karmiel is a city in northern Israel, located in the Beit HaKerem (Hebrew בית הכרם, literally "house of the vineyard") Valley.
