Carmella is a female given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Carmella DeCesare, a playmate for Playboy magazine
• Carmella Flöck, a courier for the Austrian Resistance during the Anschluss of 1938–1945.
• Carmella Marcella Garcia, Miss Continental Plus 1995
• Carmella Sabaugh, an American politician
• Carmella (wrestler), ring name of professional wrestler Leah Van Dale

• Carmilla, a fictional vampire written in 1871 from the novel of the same name. Written by Sheridan Le Fanu
• Carmella Cammeniti, a fictional character from the soap opera Neighbours
• Carmella Unuscione, a fictional villain associated with the X-Men

• Carmela