Carrie

Diminutive of Carol or Caroline
"free man"

Carrie Origin and Meaning

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

Carrie lives on mainly on the screen, as the new/old antiheroine of Stephen King's classic Carrie, as turn-of-the-21st-century diva Carrie Bradshaw of Sex & The City, and as Claire Danes' Emmy-winning character Carrie Mathison of Homeland. In real life, however, Carrie dropped off the Top 1000 a handful of years ago and, while the name retains some charm, shows no signs of making an imminent comeback. Try Cara instead.

# 988 in the US

Carrie Rank in US Top 1000

# 1535 on Nameberry

Carrie Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Carrie Popularity

Famous People Named Carrie

  • Carrie Frances Fisher
    American actress and author
  • Carrie Rachel Brownstein
    American musician and actress
  • Carrie Amelia Moore Nation
    American temperance leader
  • Carrie Preston
    American Actress
  • Carrie Marie Underwood
    American country music singer
  • Caroline Vanessa "Carrie" Grant
    English vocal coach and TV presenter
  • Carrie Hope Fletcher
    English singer, actress and Youtuber
  • Carrie Minetta Jacobs
    Bond, American singer and songwriter
  • Carrie Clinton Lane Chapman Catt
    American suffragist
  • Caroline Michelle "Carrie" Prejean
    American model; Miss USA runner,up 2009
  • Carrie Bickmore
    Australian TV presenter
  • Carrie
    Ann Inaba, American dancer and TV personality
  • Carrie Lucas
    American R&B singer
  • Carrie
    Anne Moss, Canadian actress
  • Caroline Celestia "Carrie" Ingalls Swanzey
    sister of American novelist Laura Ingalls Wilder
  • Caroline "Carrie" Snodgress
    American actress
  • Carrie Anne Savage
    American voice actress
  • Carrie Sheinberg
    American skier
  • Caroline "Carrie" St. Louis
    american actress.

Carrie in Pop Culture

  • Carrie Bradshaw
    main character in TV's "Sex and the City"
  • Carietta "Carrie" White
    main character in movie/book "Carrie" by Stephen King
  • Carrie Donovan
    character in TV's "Townies"
  • Carrie Mathison
    main character in TV's "Homeland"
  • Carrie Heffernan
    character in TV's "King of Queens"
  • Carrie Rawlins
    character in movie "Bedknobs and Broomsticks"
  • Carrie "Big Boo" Black
    character in TV's "Orange is the New Black"
  • Carrie Bishop
    minor character in TV's "Veronica Mars"
  • Caroline Forbes
    character in TV's "Vampire Diaries," rarely called Care/Carrie
  • Carrie Anne
    character in movie "House at the End of the Street"
  • Dr. Carrie Roman
    character on TV's Nurse Jackie
  • Carrie
    psycho nanny on TV's "One Tree Hill"
  • Carrie Sullivan
    character in Rachael Allen's "The Revenge Playbook"
  • "Carrie Anne
    " song by The Hollies
  • Carrie
    a mute slave in Octavia Butler's "Kindred"