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Carly

girl name · Germanic origin · 2 syllables

Meaning

diminutive of Caroline/Charlotte, from Germanic root meaning 'free man'

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 1990s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Carly peaked in the 1990s.

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