Carly

Feminine diminutive of Carl
"free man"

Carly Origin and Meaning

The name Carly is a girl's name meaning "free man".

Though a couple of its more "creative" spellings—Carli and Karlee, for example—are still on the rise, this feminine form of Carl, popularized by singer Carly Simon in the 1970s, could by no stretch be considered fashionable. Despite its decline, the name has still seen some use in the entertainment industry, from Nickelodeon's iCarly to Canadian pop singer Carly Rae Jepsen.

# 784 in the US

Carly Rank in US Top 1000

# 941 on Nameberry

Carly Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Carly Popularity

Famous People Named Carly

  • Carly Elisabeth Simon
    American singer,songwriter
  • Carly Rae Jepsen
    Canadian singer
  • Carly Rose Sonenclar
    American singer
  • Cara Carleton "Carly" (Sneed) Fiorina
    American politician; former CEO of Hewlett,Packard
  • Carly Pope
    Canadian actress
  • Carly Binding
    New Zealand singer of group TrueBliss
  • Carly Booth
    Scottish golfer
  • Carly Hannah Chaikin
    American actress
  • Carly Craig
    American actress
  • Carly Foulkes
    Canadian model and actress
  • Carly Gullickson
    American tennis player
  • Carly Hillman
    English actress
  • Carly Rae Patterson
    American Olympic gymnast and singer
  • Carly Piper
    American Olympic swimmer
  • Carly Hunt
    English footballer
  • Carly McKillip
    Canadian actress and musician
  • Carly Brook Schroeder
    American actress
  • Carly Sarah Smithson
    Irish singer,songwriter of band We Are the Fallen
  • Carly Milne
    Canadian journalist and author
  • Carly Paradis
    Canadian composer
  • Carly Flynn
    New Zealand TV journalist
  • Carly Calder Cole
    English reality TV personality and fitness trainer
  • Carly Mitchell Telford
    English footballer
  • Carly Paige
    American child actress & model
  • Carly Armstrong
    Lawson (b. 1979), daughter of model Twiggy and actor Michael Witney; adopted daughter of actor Leigh Lawson
  • Carly Ritter (b. 1982)
    daughter of actor John Ritter
  • Carly Anne Melb Kenneally (b. 1989)
    daughter of TV personality Shaynna Blaze
  • Carolynn Elizabeth "Carly" Davis (b. 2009
    placed for adoption), biological daughter of reality TV personality Catelynn Lowell and Tyler Baltierra

Carly in Pop Culture

  • Carlotta "Carly" Shay
    main character on TV's "iCarly"
  • Carly
    main character in film "StreetDance 3D"
  • Carly Witwicky
    character in the Transformers series
  • Carly Wicks
    character on British soap "EastEnders"
  • Caroline Leigh "Carly" Corinthos
    character on American soap "General Hospital"
  • Carly Manning
    character on American soap "Days of our Lives"
  • Carly Morris
    character on Australian soap "Home and Away"
  • Carly Snyder
    character on American soap "As the World Turns"
  • Carly Catto
    character on Disney's Backstage
  • Carly Morgan
    character on TV's "Mako Mermaids"