Carly

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I'm River Hastings Carley. The name's old German which went west to Ireland then on to North America, tend to be nomads. Compound name from car short for cart and ley based on buying of horses and armor back in the day and the rocky lands they lived in at the time. Not feminine form of anything although sometimes confused for the feminine form of Carls which is really Carla and Charlies which is Charlet.
― riverhc  8/31/2017
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Carly is actually a unisex name meaning 'little champion'. In English it is feminine, in Gaelic it is masculine.
― Nikolay  2/10/2016
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This has to been one of the funniest things I've read online... I stumbled on it whilst looking up my name meaning. My name is Carly Lewis and never once have I thought it to be girly. I have a high level mgt job and I actually think it sounds quite strong. Maybe this is because of a key chain I had as a child with my name meaning on it (a rare occurrence of finding anything with my name on it), It had stated Carly meant "strong and womanly." Now this wasn't appealing to a child, I wished I had a girly girl name like Lucy, Vanessa or Stacey (it was HUGE in the 80s! I think I was named with a feminine version of my grandfather, Charlie Lewis. Whom I adored. So I've always loved it. I also liked that I wasn't another of the 15 Lisa's in my class. I get called 'Carls' a lot by my closest friends, I find this endearing. And is probably part of Australian culture to shorten EVERYTHING! Even things that are already short! I personally don't care for the name Francesca lol.
― Carly Lewis  7/27/2015
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A friend of mine named her daughter Scarlette and called her Carly as a nickname.
― KittyKat78  7/27/2012
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The name Carly also means 'Song of Joy'.
― Anonymous User  8/5/2005
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