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♀ Cary (girl)
What does Cary mean?
Cary 
▼ as a girls' name (also used as boys' name Cary) is of Gaelic and Old German origin, and Cary means "love; free man". Cary is a variant form of Carey (Gaelic): from "caru". Cary is also a form of Carol (Old German). Cary is also used as a variant of Caroline (Old German), and a variant of Carrie (Old German).
STARTS WITH Car-
ASSOCIATED WITH gaelic
Variations
VARIANTS Kari▼, Carry, Carri, Carrey, Carree, Caro, Carie▼, Cari▼, Caree
RELATED FORMS VIA CAREY, CAROL, CAROLINE, CARRIE Caddy, Caralyn, Carel, Carely, Cariel, Carilyn, Carla▼, Carlan, Carlen, Carley▼, Carlin, Carly▼, Carlyn, Carlyna, Carlyne, Carlynn, Carola, Carole▼, Caroll, Caroly, Carolyn▼, Carrol▼, Caryl▼, Caryle, Caryll, Charla▼, Charyl, Cheryl▼, Karel, Karla▼, Karli▼, Karol▼, Karryl, Karyl, Karyll, Keryl
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Cary Rosalina (C.R.), ..
How popular is Cary?
Cary is a very prominent first name for females (#1494 out of 4276, Top 35%) and also a very prominent last name for both adults and children (#2756 out of 150436, Top 2%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Cary reached its highest rank of #855 in the U.S. in the 1970s, but is not in the Top 1000 at the moment. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Popular alternative forms of Cary ranked in the Top 2000 are Carey, Cari, Carie, Carla (#1022 FROM CURRENT RECORDS), Carley (#1443), Carly (#483), Carlyn, Caro, Carol (#1788), Carola, Carole, Caroline (#55), Caroll, Carolyn (#860), Carri, Carrie (#1768), Carrol, Carry, Caryl, Charla, Cheryl, Karel, Kari (#1569), Karla (#626), Karli (#1831), Karol and Karyl. Other variants, like Caryll, are seldom used. These relations of Cary were popular with parents 8 decades ago (AVERAGE #1142) and are now much less common (#1694, DOWN 91.3%), with forms such as Carrie becoming less stylish. Caroline is the most chic girl name among these.
Similar Names
Cary▼ is alike in pronunciation to Chiara, Cora▼, Corey▼, Corie, Correy, Corri, Corry, Cory▼, Kaara, Karie▼, Karra, Karri▼, Karry, Kary, Keara▼, Kera, Keri▼, Kerry▼, Kira, Kiri, Kirya, Kora▲, Korey, Kori▲ and Kory. Other recommended sound-alike names are Caci, Cacy, Cady, Cain, Caity, Cal, Cala, Cally, Cami, Camryn, Caren▼, Carle, Carli▼, Carma, Carmi, Carmy, Caron, Caryn▼, Carys▼, Cascy, Casi, Cass, Casy, Cathy▼, Caty, Cay, Caye, Cazzy, Ceara, Cera, Ceri, Cerys, Char, Chara, Chari, Chery, Ciara▼, Cira, Ciri, Clare, Clari, Clary, Coady, Cor, Cyra, Jery, Mary▼, Shary, Tory and Zary. These names tend to be less commonly used than Cary.
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