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I prefer it as a nickname for Carla, Carlene, or even Carlotta.

Dislike. It seems very dated to me, and the look and sound of it are just ugly, imo. :( I also really don't like Carl or Karl so that's probably why I can't stand Carly.

I think it sounds like an adverb. Like doing something in the fashion of a car.

It seems nicknamey, childish and insubstantial to me. I have a friend with dd Carly and dd Kelsey. Actually I think Kelsey has a different spelling but I can't remember it right now.

Carly...hm...pretty indifferent. I knew a few when I worked at daycare, which would make them about 18-20 years old now. So it feels a bit dated to the mid-nineties to me.

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Sound-wise, I'm indifferent; it feels more like a nickname than given name; associations are Carly Simon and Carly Patterson (gymnast). Have never tried pairing it...

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Carly Andrea
Carly Antonette
Carly Bernadette
Carly Bridget
Carly Danielle
Carly Devon
Carly Embeth
Carly Erin
Carly Francine
Carly Giselle
Carly Gwen
Carly Jeanette
Carly Jessamine
Carly Joanna
Carly Mattea
Carly Meritxell
Carly Miranda
Carly Renata
Carly Roxanne
Carly Sabrina
Carly Samantha
Carly Summer
Carly Susannah
Carly Tabitha
Carly Tamsin
Carly Thomasina
Carly Wren

This message was edited 4/13/2015, 10:04 AM

I prefer it to Carla, which I've never seen the point of, but still I find it flimsy and stuck in perpetual childhood.

Alas, it's over, past its prime as a baby name IMO. But I still like it pretty well.
Strangely, although I associate it with Carly Simon and iCarly, their images don't seem to stick to it. No image really does. It's cute but not too cute, not too trendy (Karli is), not too childish or too old sounding, somehow isn't affected negatively by sounding like Marley and Harley.

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Carly Amaryllis
Carly Marcella
Carly Jasmine
Carly Fernanda
Carly Cathleen

Dislike. Sounds insubstantial.

I like it. Like Carla too, but Carly is more contemporary. I also like variant spellings, like Karlee and Carli.

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Carly Abigail
Carly Beth
Carly Christine
Carly Diana
Carly Erin
Carly Fern
Carly Grace
Carly Heather
Carly Isabel
Carly June
Carly Kathleen
Carly Madeline
Carly Noelle
Carly Paige
Carly Raquel
Carly Savannah
Carly Vanessa
Carly Willow
Carly Yasmin

As a given name? Highly dislike. It is way too nicknamey for me. I'd prever it as a nickname for Caroline or Charlotte.

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Carly Jean
Carly Joy
Carly Ann
Carly Hope
Carly Ava

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I'm not going to be any help with middles for Carly only fillers are coming to mind.

I like it, it's very cute and I think ages well.

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Carly Jean
Carly Louise
Carly Annette
Carly Jessica