Carly - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Carly \c(a)-rly, car-ly\, also used as boy's name Carly, is a variant of Carla (Latin), Carlie, Carol (English), Caroline (French, Latin, Italian) and Charlotte (French), and the meaning of Carly is "little and womanly".

The baby name Carly sounds like Carli, Carley, Karly, Carlye, Caroly and Corly. Other similar baby names are Cally, Carry, Carey, Cary, Carlyn, Carmy, Charly and Harly.

Carly is a very common first name for women (#874 out of 4276) but an uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)

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