Carly
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Carly is a given name, a feminine form of Carl.[1] It is also a pet form of given names such as Carla, Caroline ,Charlotte and Carlotta . 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 Skelly (born 1986), English professional boxer
- 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
