Greetings, Notice an interest in the Carmo surname. Check my database on Portuguese Names and Their Meanings and found the following.
Eugenia Carmo - Carmo, do Carmo of Madeira, Portugal Information is from: Doug da Rocha Holmes, "NAMING TRADITIONS, SURNAME TYPES", OProgresso, Dece. 1995, Vol. 14, No. 4, page 10. Carmo - Family name. Origin: Azores. Information is from the book: James H. Guill, A HISTORY OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, Golden Shield International, Vol. 5, 1993, page 192. Carmo - This is a given name and surname commonly used in Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese. Information is from: BASIC PORTUGUESE PALEOGRAPHY, The Genealogical Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Series II, No., 20, 1978, page 23 and 26. Carmo - is a family name of a early Portuguese immigrant in California. Information is from: Carlos Almeida, PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS, Published by: The Supreme Council of U.P.E.C., San Leandro, CA,1978, page 268. The town of Carmo, is in the province of Évora, Portugal. Information is from: SPAIN PORTUGAL, American Map Corporation, Maspeth, NY, 1996, page 190. Carmel - feminine, English: of early Christian origin, referring to 'Our Lady of Carmel', a title of the Virgin Mary. Carmel is tne name (meaning 'garden' or 'orchard' in Hebrew) of a mountain in the Holy Land near modern Haifa, which was populated from very early Christian times by hermits. They were later organized into the Carmelite order of monks. The name is favoured mainly by Roman Catholics. Cognates: Portuguese: Carmo. Spanish: Carmen; Carmela (also S. Italian and Sicilian). Pet forms: Spanish: Carmencita, Carmelita; Menchu. Masculine forms: Spanish: Carmelo. Italian: Carmine. Information is from: Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges, A DICTIONARY OF FIRST NAMES, Oxford University Press, New York, 1995, page 55. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
