Carmi is a surname and a given name. It may be of Hebrew origin: and is sometimes transliterated as Karmi. Notable people with the name include:

Hebrew Carmi Gillon, Israeli politician Ayelet Carmi, Israeli painter and installation artist Daniella Carmi, Israeli writer Boris Carmi, Russian-born Israeli photographer Israel Carmi, founder of the Tilhas Tizig Gesheften (TTG Brigade) Dov Karmi, architect of Mandate Palestine and Israel Lior Karmi, Israeli canoeist Mordecai Karmi (1749–1825), French rabbi Rhea Carmi, Israeli American abstract expressionist and mixed-media artist Ram Karmi, Israeli architect Rivka Carmi (born 1948), Israeli pediatrician, geneticist, and President of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev T. Carmi, literary pseudonym of Carmi Charney, an American-born Israeli poet

Other Carmi le Roux, South African cricketer Carmi Martin, Carmita Martin, Filipina actress, model, and comedian Carmi Schooler, American social psychologist Carmi Thompson, American attorney and Republican politician Carmi W. Beach, American merchant, Republican politician, and Wisconsin pioneer Eugenio Carmi, Italian painter and sculptor Lisetta Carmi, Italian photographer Maria Carmi, stage name of Italian actress Norina Matchabelli (1880–1957) Vera Carmi, Italian film actress