Carlin - Name Meaning and Origin

The boy's and girl's name Carlin \c(a)-rlin, car-lin\ is of Irish and Gaelic origin, and its meaning is "little champion". Comedian George Carlin.

Carlin has 2 variant forms: Carling and Carly.

For more information, see also the related name Carollan.

Baby names that sound like Carlin are Garlin and Karlin.

Carlin is a very rare male first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name Carlin. Click here to compare Carlin with related baby names.