Carrie - Meaning of Carrie

What does Carrie mean?

[ 2 syll. car-rie, ca-rr-ie ] The baby boy name Carrie is also used as a girl name, with the latter form being much more common. It is pronounced as KAA-RRiy- or KEY-R-iy- †. Carrie is derived from Old Welsh and English origins.

Carrie is a variant of the name Carey (English and Irish).

Carrie is also a variant of the name Cary (English).

See also the related categories, english and welsh.

Carrie is unusual as a baby name for boys. Its usage peaked modestly in 1903 with 0.007% of baby boys being given the name Carrie. Its ranking then was #797. The baby name has since fallen in popularity, and is currently of sporadic use. Among all boy names in its group, Carrie was nonetheless the most regularly used in 2018. Carrie has predominantly been a girl name in the past century. In 1908, Carrie as a girl name outnumbered its use as a boy name by 58 times.

Baby names that sound like Carrie include Carri, Khayree, Khayrey, Khayri, Khayrie, Caesear, Caezar, Cahir, Cairo, Carew, Carewe, Carey, Cari, Carie, Carree, Carrey, Carry, Cary, Casar, and Cathaoir.

† English pronunciation for Carrie: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)"

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