The English name Carlie derived from the masculine name Carl, which is of German origin. It means ‘free man’ and was originally spelled Karl. The name Carlie is sometimes used as a diminutive of Charlotte.
Carlie is a first name for girls, occasionally also given to boys.
Carlie is a well-known name in the US, but is still special. It is currently only given to every ten thousandth girl, and therefore ranks at 1,079 in the SmartGenius statistics. This means there are 1,078 girls names that are more common, but also tens of thousands that are much rarer. If you polled the whole US population – children, adults and seniors – you’d find less than one in 10,000 to be named Carlie.
The English name Carlie derived from the masculine name Carl, which is of German origin. It means ‘free man’ and was originally spelled Karl. The name Carlie is sometimes used as a diminutive of Charlotte.
Carlie has been... getting more attention since the 1990s, but has been around since the 1880s.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter C is a frequent initial letter for girls' names. This is because 6.0% of all common girls’ names in the US begin with this letter. The most common first letters of girls' names, by the way, are A, S and M.
With six letters, the name Carlie is of average length. In fact, 28% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly six letters. 24% of all first names are shorter, while 48% have seven letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
That means that with 6.0% of all girls' names that begin with a C, this first letter is much more common than the average of all letters. And which girls’ name beginning with C do you think is the most common in the US? The answer is... Carol.
If your name is Carlie and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Carlie, you can simply say:
Cat
Apple
Rocket
Lion
Igloo
Elephant
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Carlie
Carlie
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
C
A
R
L
I
E
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
C
A
R
L
I
E
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Carlie sounds like this:
