Carly

This article is about the given name. For the French commune, see Carly, Pas-de-Calais.

Carly is a given name, a feminine form of Carl.[1] It is also a pet form of given names such as Carla and Caroline. Variant different spellings include Carley, Carlie, Carlee, Carleigh and Carli,[1] as well as Karly, Karli, Karley, Karlee, Karlie and Karleigh.[2]

The name became popular in large part, if not primarily, because of the success of Carly Simon's music in the 1970s – its first appearance in the top 1000 US baby names was in 1973, soon after her first success.^[citation needed] It was most popular in the UK, Canada and Australia in the 1980s and in the United States during the 1990s.^[citation needed] Over 2,000 American baby girls were named Carly each year between 1991 and 1998.^[citation needed]

Carly and its variants may refer to:

People

• Carly Binding (born 1978), New Zealand pop singer-songwriter
• Carly Booth (born 1992), Scottish professional golfer
• Carly Chaikin (born 1990), American actress
• Carly Cole (born 1984), British reality television contestant, fitness trainer and model
• Carly Colón (born 1979), male Puerto Rican-Canadian professional wrestler
• Carly Craig (born 1980), American actress
• Carly Dixon (born 1973), Australian Olympic judoka
• Carly Ealey, American artist best known for mural installations
• Carly Fiorina (born 1954), American business executive and politician
• Carly Flynn, New Zealand journalist and television presenter
• Carly Foulkes (born 1988), Canadian model and actress
• Carly Gullickson (born 1986), American professional tennis player
• Carly Hibberd (1985–2011), Australian road cyclist
• Carly Hillman (born 1983), British actress
• Carly Hunt (born 1981), English footballer
• Carly Janiga (born 1988), American gymnast
• Carly Rae Jepsen (born 1985), Canadian recording artist and singer-songwriter
• Carly McKillip (born 1989), Canadian actress and musician
• Carly Melin (born 1985), American politician
• Carly Milne, Canadian writer
• Carly Paradis (born 1980), Canadian composer and pianist
• Carly Patterson (born 1988), American gymnast and singer
• Carly Pearce (born 1990), American country music singer and songwriter
• Carly Piper (born 1983), American Olympic swimmer
• Carly Pope (born 1980), Canadian actress
• Carly Ryan (1992–2007), Australian female murder victim
• Carly Schroeder (born 1990), German-American film and television actress
• Carly Simon (born 1943), American singer-songwriter, musician, and children's author
• Carly Smithson (born 1983), Irish American soul / pop rock singer-songwriter and actress
• Carly Rose Sonenclar (born 1999), American singer, songwriter, and child actress
• Carly Telford (born 1987), English international football goalkeeper
• Carly Wilson (born 1982), Australian basketball player

Pseudonyms

• "Carly Phillips", pen name of American novelist Karen Drogin (born 1965)

Fictional characters

• Carly Cardinal, mascot for the National Arbor Day Foundation
• Carly Corinthos, on the American soap opera General Hospital
• Carly Manning, on the American soap opera Days of Our Lives
• Carly Morris, on the Australian soap opera Home and Away
• Carly Shay, on the Nickelodeon series iCarly and its revival series of the same name
• Carly Snyder, on the American soap opera As the World Turns
• Carly Wicks, on the BBC soap opera EastEnders
• Carly Witwicky, in the Transformers franchise
• Carly Norris, on the film Sliver

References

1. Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006) p. 47.
2. Rauwerda, Anne (10 November 2021). "Haileigh and Beighleigh and Paisleigh, oh my!". michigandaily.com. Michigan Daily. Retrieved 10 January 2023.

• Hanks, P; Hardcastle, K; Hodges, F (2006) [1990]. A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Carly
• All pages with titles containing Carly
• Carle (disambiguation)
• Carley (disambiguation)
• Carlye J. Hughes
• Carli (given name)
• Carry (name)
• Charly (name)
• Kali (disambiguation)
• Karly