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♂ Curley
What does Curley mean?
Curley 
as a boys' name is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Curley is "strong man". Related to Charles, via Anglo-Saxon "ceorl", or "churl".
ASSOCIATED WITH old english, strong
Variations
RELATIONS VIA CHARLES Carel, Carl▼, Carlo, Carlos, Cary▼, Charley▼, Charly
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Curley Akeem (C.A.), ..
How popular is Curley?
Curley is an unusual first name for males but a very prominent last name for all people (#2801 out of 150436, Top 2%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Curley reached its highest rank of #781 in the U.S. during the years 1900-1909, but is not found in the list currently. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Popular alternative forms of Curley are Carl (#700 FROM CURRENT RECORDS), Carlo (#1209), Carlos (#137), Cary, Charles (#52), Charley (#1622) and Charly. Adoption of these relations of Curley was more pronounced 138 years ago (ADOPTION OF 5%) and is now significantly lower (ADOPTION 0.56%, ▼89%), with versions such as Charles becoming less stylish.
Similar Names
Curley is pronounced similarly to Carley, Carlow, Carly and Corley. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Arley, Audley, Birley, Burle, Burley, Burney, Byrley, Cailey, Caley, Carey▼, Carney, Carrey, Coley, Colley, Conley, Corey▼, Corney, Correy, Courey, Cullen▲, Culley, Cully, Currey, Curry, Cutler, Cuyler, Dudley▼, Dunley, Earley, Farley, Fursey, Harley▼, Hurlee, Hurley, Hurly, Huxley▲, Juley, Marley▲, Morley, Murfey (see Murphy), Murrey, Rutley, Sorley, Sulley, Tulley, Warley and Yarley. These names tend to be more commonly used than Curley.
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