Carmen

My name is Carmen and I hate it! My background is Maltese and I was named after my Grandma. There are at least two Carmen's in my family and it's stupid I had to be named this horrible name. I don't mean to be rude and most Carmens I've met are very nice people, but I'm always getting made fun of, I have literally over 20 nicknames and no one takes my name seriously. I get real depressed because of it and it's always embarrassing introducing myself with this name only to be picked on. I really want to change my name but I doubt my parents and family will let me. I wouldn't mind about the name so much if people actually liked me but unfortunately that's not the case for me. If your name is not Carmen you should definitely appreciate and feel pride in your great name!

Mature sounding with a beautiful meaning.

I like it, it sounds sexy.

Carmen is one of those sweet spot names where the feel of it changes as the person gets older. On an adolescent it feels spunky and youthful, but on an adult it feels more graceful and refined.

Strong and mature. Makes me think of a beautiful successful confident woman.

Carmen is a pretty name.

I love it, it sounds badass and sexy.

LOVE this name! I think Carmen Lynn would be a cute name.

I've personally always loved this name. It's bold & unique. I think of a total bad***. I also think it's quite sultry & sexy on a woman, so it will age well. Minnie is a sweet nickname option (I pronounce it Car-Min, not Men) & Carma is a great nickname option too.

I find this name a bit bland. Not terrible, though.

Really pretty name that I could picture on any girl. Carmen is nice.

Carmen is my middle name, and I love it. Sometimes I even wish it was my first, but I do like my first name a lot. Overall, Carmen is a great name and isn’t that common from what I have seen.

I love this name; just don't understand how it's considered "unisex".

I love it. It sounds gentle and pretty.

Eh not the greatest. Makes me think of the Carmen soap.

Sultry and sexy.

This is my name, I'm Russian, people always give me weird looks and make fun of me for this name because it's not common at all for Russians to have this name :(((((((( and you get bullied with the nicknames as "car man" "car MEN" "car" it makes me feel sad.

Gosh so much negativity about this gorgeous name! Also;

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WHERE IN THE WORLD IS CARMEN SANDIEGO?
(It's a great show on Netflix. Go watch it now.)

I love love love this name no much, it sounds so pretty. I would skin a baby alive just to have it.

I love it, it feels warm. For me it's yellow/orange.

Carmen WAS my name and I hated it, enough to change it when I grew older. It always sounded strange to me, never felt like a reflection of who I was. Also, it does lead to horrid nicknames and teasing through childhood. Happy to have tossed it.

It's a beautiful name.

I actually kinda like this name. I think it could work for a boy and a girl.

Like the name, though it sounds like a guy name.

I named a character in my book Carmen. She's very strong, smart, determined, yet also emotionally struggling.

Probably will be mistaken for Camren/Cameron.

The three previous comments were negative and have no actual bearing nor diminishment on this charmingly eclectic name. I am very happy to say that I find this name as having a lovely meaning and significant elegance. It is not very common and will offer a welcoming contrast to the more common ones in this current day and age.

This name is bad and it sounds bad too.

I feel like Carmine is the feminine form and Carmen is the masculine form because feminine names tend to have that -ine prefix. In other words Carmen feels like a boy's name and Carmine feels like a girl's name, but that’s just me. I think both names can go either way!

I love the name Carmen. I think it’s magical. I love it from Spy Kids Carmen, the older sister. I am thinking of naming my daughter Carmen.

It's very pretty. I have never met a Carmen, only a Carmella. She was a young girl. I also like Carmella though.

My name is Carmen and I think it is a beautiful name. I live in the U.S. and in one of the most hillbilly states located here and so it is quite surprising that my parents named me that. It's always been lovely to have, what I consider, a very charming and sophisticated name.

Went to school with a Carmen and she got called "comin'","car face", "car man" and "car MEN". Personally I don't like the sound and look of it, but I remember her as a nice and funny girl and nobody is defined by their name.

I had a baby gal in August and I named her Carmen. I got it from a soap opera and I really loved it. I am in Uganda Africa and it's really not common. Have never heard of it here at any one time. Some people are even wondering how I came to name my gal that name. Just love saying it.

My name is Carmen and I am from Puerto Rico, where it's a very common name. There are 5 Carmen's in my family, that includes both my grandmothers. When I was growing up, kids would torture me with the chorus of a very old song that goes... "Carmen, Carmen, Carmen te quiero y tu lo sabes (I love you and you know it)... It was real torture but I'm over it now and I love my name!

My name is Carmen, I have always liked being called Carmen. I am British, born in the 60's. My sister was born four years after me and is called Miranda. My mother had a wonderful sense of humour, she also admired Carmen Miranda the singer. I like to think my name makes me a bit different, I have always been very independent, unique and capable. Naming your child can have an effect on how they see themselves I feel.

I love it on a girl. The 'men' is pronounced like "min". You could call her Carey or Minnie for short. For a boy I like Carmine.

This is my name and I absolutely LOVE it. I live in the US where it is fairly uncommon, especially if you're not hispanic (I'm not). Everyone always remembers my name, and I feel very professional introducing myself. I've never really had any negative experience with it. It's feminine but strong, some people recall the opera, some Carmen San Diego. I'm really quite grateful for my name!

Carmen is such a beautiful, lovely, underused name.

This name just shouts: LET'S GO BUY SOME CARAMEL!

I don't like it. It has too many cars and men for my liking.

Carmen can be used for males as well. My daughter's father's name is Angelo Carmen (VERY Italian).

I think Carmen is a very beautiful name. It's also an exotic name that has a lot of possibilities. I think of a gorgeous, intelligent, strong woman with this name. I do not find this name trashy in the least. Although it is a unisex name, I perceive it to be feminine. Carmen is not common in the U.S., but I believe it deserves more recognition!

In Italy Carmen is a name that is no longer in use. All the Carmens that I knew now are grandmothers!

My name is Carmyn spelled with a Y instead of an E. I don't see that a lot. When I was little I didn't like my name but I cannot recall any particular reason why I didn't like it. Now I love my name. And I absolutely love that it's spelled with a Y. My birth certificate shows my name with an E but it's a Y on my social security card... my parents said it was supposed to be with a Y. I go with the Y spelling now, although I used to write it with an E. One thing I noticed is that people, while never mispronouncing Carmen, mispronounce Carmyn all the time. I get Camryn a lot. They say that for some reason the Y throws them off. It does not bother me at all when people call me Camryn and nine times out of ten I don't bother to correct them. Although most of the time this is because I've already tried to correct them and they continue calling me Camryn. A lot of the times I won't bother to correct people in the first place simply because I don't care. And they really seem to genuinely struggle to say it the right way, which amuses me. So I think Carmyn is a lovely name and I'm glad to have it but in my experience spelling it with a Y causes pronunciation issues. I'm just not the type of person who cares if my name isn't said right all the time and honestly I get it. Carmyn... it looks a whole lot like Camryn.

I think this name is very pretty and it ages well. It reminds me of caramel which reminds me of something sweet so it's not a bad association for me. I love the song Carmen by Lana Del Rey on her ‘Born to Die’ album which just makes me like the name even more. But, I can only imagine this name on a Latin woman or a woman who has golden skin.

Great name!

I used to hate this name, but after learning of its meaning ('a songstress' is just gorgeous), I don't hate it so much anymore.

I love this name, always have and when I found out it meant 'song' or 'a beautiful song' I loved it even more as I am a singer myself. :P
All my life I have been Carmensita, even though I'm not Spanish, I'm from Australia. I don't think my parents could have chosen a better name for me, suits me to a T hehe.

I remember finding this name masculine when I was younger and the movie 'Spy Kids' came out. I was confused because the daughter was named Carmen and the son was named Juni and I thought their names should have been switched. Now I find it feminine.

A trendy name, but with actual history. Feminine but not frilly.

I've heard this on a guy too. Too bad always makes me think of Carmen Sandiego though.

I know it's a Spanish name, but I still don't like the word men in it.

I love this name. It's very sexy. It makes me think of Carmen Electra, or Carmen Lopez (Masiela Lusha).

Such a pretty sounding name, in my opinion.

I can't quite get over the memory of a trashy Finnish beauty pageant contestant with this name who became famous for no particular reason. She was also quite a cold person, and later on she wound up working for a trashy magazine. That's why this name just still doesn't sound nice to me, but someone might change my views, who knows.

Carmen's not actually a bad name for a guy. My mom knows a guy named Carmen, I don't know whether it's Carmen or Carmine though.

This name reminds me of someone who'd be sophisticated and snooty.

To me, Carmen is a strong, dramatic name, almost flamenco dancer-esque.

The meaning and the sound is pretty.

My name is Carmen, and in Spain it is very very common. I'm 38 but when I was a child I didn't like it, afterwards I liked it a lot but I don't like it much because here it is too common but when I am abroad it sounds very nice.

My name is Carmen. When I was little, I hated the name bcause it wasn't "pretty", and have always wanted to change it. But now, I love it. It's unique and not a lot of people have it. My English teacher said my name reminded her of some opera. XD

My mum's name is Carmen and I thought it was quite unusual but I like it better then Carmel.

I love this name! Partly because of the opera and how much I love her character. More recently I have found other reasons to like this name even more. To me, Carmen seems like a girl with a very daring and sprightly personality. I also like Carmen because of it being derived from the word for song. That is lovely.

This name has really grown on me. It is very pretty and not heard of much. I know an 11 year old girl with this name and a 5 year old girl with this name. The 5 year old spells it Karmen though.

I think Carmen is a beautiful name. My elder sister is called Carmen and I'm a little jealous, being stuck with a common name like Lauren an' all. :P

I've always loved Carmen, but why would someone name their son this?

It's an okay name, but where I live, in Romania, it's overly used. I know at least 10 Carmens!

The 'man' and 'car' ruins it.

It is 'men' actually. It has class, it is uncommon and is pretty none the less.

Very beautiful name. Uncommon, which is always a great thing to look for in a name.

I think this is a beautiful name. If I ever have a daughter I'm going to name her it.

This is my mother's name, and I think it's very beautiful.