Meanings
Caramella1
- A surname.
CARAMELLA—Peter J. on Jan. 17, 1978, beloved brother of Emil and Joseph.
1978 January 19, “Deaths”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC2 more examples
Paul Caramella, treasurer of A. L. Burbank & Co., Ltd., has been elected president of the Association of Water Transportation Accounting Officers.
1965 October 23, “Transport Accountants Elect”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLCJudge Alan R. Caramella said the department's action was premature and violated the law. "The VA is reminded that it may not take any further collection action until I issue a final written decision," Caramella said in his Feb. 25 order.
2015 March 15, Joe Davidson, “Obama talks about trust to workers during visit to VA wait list scandal site”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Mar 2015
Caramella2
- A female given name from Italian, of rare usage.
Mrs. Julius Wells and daughter Caramella were in Montpelier, for the day during the last week.
1917 February 6, “Roxbury. Complete Local Record of the Week from an Active Town.”, in The Northfield News, volume XXXVII, number 6, Northfield, Vt.: Northfield Publishing Co., →OCLC, page [5], column 13 more examples
PRICHARD — Born to Mr. and Mrs. James Prichard of Fairbury a daughter, Caramella Sue, May 3 at the Lynch Clinic. She was formerly Martha Thompson. This is the couple’s first child.
1959 May 5, “Cradle Roll”, in Fairbury Daily News, 89th year, number 196, Fairbury, Neb., →OCLC, page 5, column 4For the pigtailed figure staggering round the lounge of Mrs. Joyce Kilson’s home was her daughter Caramella, AGED TWO. Caramella’s “booze-up” started when she drank a bottle of penicillin mixture medicine at her home in Victoria Park-grove, Bramley, Leeds.
1969 December 22, “Caramella, 2 Gets Tiddly on Medicine”, in Daily Sketch, London, →OCLC, page 20, column 3Percy cannot face the truth about himself, or his saucy sweet-sixteen daughter Caramella, and takes frequent refuge in a smoke-screen of lilywhite lies—well, nearly white, at any rate.
1971 May 22, G.J.S., “Love among the coal pits”, in Southern Evening Echo, 83rd year, number 25488, Southampton, Hampshire, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 16, column 2
Origin
Caramella · proper noun
- Old Frenchcalamel“chalumeau”
- ItalianCaramella
- EnglishCaramella
From Italian Caramella, a variant of the French surname Caramelle, from Old French calamel (“chalumeau”).
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