Baby Name: Carly

A boy's and girl's name that is also a variant of many names including Carla, Carlie, Carol, Caroline and Charlotte. The feminine form of Carl and the German form of Charles that debuted on the chart in 1973 as a fashionable name for girls because of Carly Simon, two-time Grammy Award winning American musician and one of the top leaders of the early 1970s singer-songwriter movement. Carly was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1994, shortly before the name peaked on the charts in 1995. Continues to be a trendy choice because of the up-and-coming young actress Carly Schroeder. Favored because of its "y" spelling combined with the long "ee" sound.

• Syllables: 2
• Starts With: C
• Ends With: Y

• Nicknames:
  • Carl
• Variations:
  • Karlee
  • Carlie
  • Karli
  • Karlie
  • Karly
  • Carle
  • Carlea
  • Carleah
  • Carlee
  • Carleen
  • Carleh
  • Carleigh
  • Carlene
  • Carley
  • Carli
  • Carline
  • Carlita
  • Carlye
  • Carlyne
  • Carlyta
  • Karleigh
  • Karlene
  • Karline
  • Karlita
  • Kavlyta