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I think it also means "beloved" from the Latin word carus because I know it as a full name only.
I have read in a baby name book that Carrie has the a meaning in its own right. This is 'womanly.'
Carrie has many different spellings, these include 'Cari', 'Kari', 'Carry' and 'Karrie'.
It is commonly chosen from the Steven King novel named 'Carrie' and is also commonly paired with Anne as a middle name, as the Hollies song 'Carrie Anne'.
I want to share a meaning of the name "Carrie" that I found years ago in a grocery rack paperback "Encyclopedia of Baby Names" by Globe Special Library. It states "CARRIE (Latin-French) Very pure in deed and thought." Also, in another source I don't remember, I read that Carrie came into popularity as its own name in the 18th and 19th centuries as a diminutive form of Caroline.

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