Comments for the name Carly

The name Carly also means 'Song of Joy'.

My name is Carleigh, and it is a very original way of spelling Carly. I like it, because I've never met anyone else with the same spelling. Although it is impossible to find any pencils or magnets with my name.

My name is Carly, and I USED to love it because I felt unique and no one else had the name. But now I know 7 other Carly's, so I warn you now... This name is catching on and it's not that unique anymore.

There is a character on the tv show General Hospital with this name, and personally she has ruined this spelling of the name, Carly, for me. There are actually two Carly's who go to my school. One who spells it Carly and one who spells it Carleigh. I prefer Carleigh.

Carly Simon is a musician known for her song "You're so Vain."

Carly is a pretty name, but a little too girly. I don't think it would be taken seriously on an adult. A real adult, not a woman in her twenties.

I don't know why you would want to spell Carly:
Carli
Carlee
Carleigh
It just looks wierd and you can never find personalized things for them with the name spelled correctly. So what's the point?

Carly is the title of the 4th book in The Women of Ivy Manor series by Lyn Cote.

I like the name, very pretty. BC vital statistics show the name dropping in popularity quite a bit.

Carly Patterson is an Olympic gymnast.

Also spelled Carlea, Carlee, Carleigh and then the same for the "K" spellings. Very pretty name, elegant and dainty.

This was so almost my name. I like it better than Lindsey. I know 4 other Lindsey's and only one Carly.

Carly Patterson (born Carly Rae Patterson on February 4, 1988) was the 2004 Gold Medalist in Women's All-Around Gymnastics. She also won a Silver medal in both the Balance Beam and the Team competition. In addition, Carly may soon be a well-known singer.

I personally think spelling it "Carleigh" is prettier. The other ways look too much like a nickname. Or something you'd name a dog.

There is a girl in my school who spells it Karliegh. I think I like that spelling.

I know a girl named Charlotte who goes by the nickname Carly. I think it's so cute.

Carly is cute. Carleigh is a stupid and convoluted made-up combination of two names resulting in the meaning "man meadow." I am quite partial to the spelling Khaarlaei though.

Don't really care for this name, although this spelling is better than all the other crappy variations out there by ten-fold. My pet peeves are people named: Carli, Carlie, Karlie, Carleigh, etc.

On Nickelodeon (NICK) there is a new show called Icarly. Miranda Cosgrove plays Carly, a girl who just started her own web show.

Carla seems like a lot more mature and grown-up version of Carly, so I prefer it.

My name is Carly and I actually like my name. I don't think that it is babyish at all.

My name is Carly. I am 14. I used to like my name but over the last while I've started to really not like it. A thing that kinda is a bummer about it is that there aren't very many names that come out of Carly. There's Car and that's about it or Carl but that is a guy name. I guess that it would be okay of it was spelt another way like:
Karleigh
Carlee
but mine isn't so if you are thinking about naming your kid Carly think long and hard about it. This is coming from a girly girl too.

Cute name. Prefer 'Carliey' though.

I used to spell my name Carly but I know 3 other Carlys and decided that I didn't want to be like everyone else so now I spell it Carleigh. I also never thought of it but I really like Carliey, that's really cool too, thanks person before me. :P
But if you're naming your kids Carly think of an original way to spell it. It makes it way cooler and think of this, it is next to never that I find Carly things anyway!

My best friend's name is Carli, and I love her name! I don't know why, but the name always reminds me of a pink flower.

I absolutely loathe this name. Why not go with the nice and classy Carla?

There are two well-known soap opera characters with this name: Carly Corinthos on General Hospital, as mentioned above, and Carly Tenney on As the World Turns. Both are awesome, tough and spirited, and have made me like this name a lot.

I hate this name. It is so ugly. If you're gonna name your kid this here are some better spellings.

Karli
Carli
Carlie
Carlee
Karlie

NOTE: before you consider naming your child this, think: a 40 year old woman named Carly. Hmm does that sound right? Name her Carla and use Carly as a nickname and when shes older she will think "Wow thank gosh my parents named me Carla, cute NICKNAME Carly, but now since I'm married and have kids it just sounds better!"
Yeah Carly as a nickname = ADORABLE
First name: no

The 'Carl' part in the name makes it really ugly and unfeminine I'm sorry to say.

I love my name Karly; however, I don't like the look of Carly with a "C." It looks masculine and ugly, it angers me when people spell my name wrong. I also do not like the cutesy, illiterate-looking variations like "Carlee."
My name is spelled with a K because of my Hungarian descent and the long line of Karls in my family.

I think this is a very feminine name that works for girls and women. I've only encountered the "Carleigh" spelling.

The only path that I find acceptable when speaking of the 'name' "Carly" is if it is a nickname... no more, no less. I am rather fond of it being a diminutive for the masculine "Carl" (pronounced KAHRL-ee), to add. Otherwise, it is an unprofessional, childish, unintelligent, ugly, attempted ornate, atrocity of a name. Misspelling it makes it "kre8tiv" and even tougher to swallow.
I personally cannot imagine a brain surgeon named Carly Meriwether. Or a lawyer known as Carly Cherry. I urge you not to create barriers in your child's future career success because of the name that you gave her (or him, for that matter).

Personally? I find it very hideous-- written and to the ear.

I love the name Carly. My name is Karley. I think the spelling is different and awesome. Sure, it can get rather annoying when no one spells my name right, but I'd rather have a different name to spell, than be 1 of the 20 Melissas or Taylors.. I think it's pretty and will make for a lovely name in adulthood.

A friend of mine named her daughter Scarlette and called her Carly as a nickname.

Carly Rae Jepsen is the singer of Call Me Maybe.