Carlee

Carlee: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “free man”
Origin: Germanic
Say it: KAR-lee · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls (98% of all uses)

Carlee is a modern spelling variant of Carly/Carley, feminine forms developed from Carl or Charles. The underlying Germanic root means free man.

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How popular is Carlee?

202436.0 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Carlee in 2024121

2024 rank#1,678 girls

Peak year2009

Total US babies since 188013,184

Carlee is fading: recent use is about 44% of its level ten years before.

Names like Carlee

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Carlyfree man · Germanic
Karleefree man · Germanic
Karliefree man · Germanic
Carliefree man · Germanic
Karlyfree man · Germanic
Carleighmeadow of free peasants · English
Carleyfree man · Germanic
Karlifree man · Germanic

Carlee questions

What does the name Carlee mean?

Carlee means "free man". It comes from Germanic. Carlee is a modern spelling variant of Carly/Carley, feminine forms developed from Carl or Charles. The underlying Germanic root means free man.

Is Carlee a boy or girl name?

Carlee is mainly a girl's name in US records (98% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Carlee?

121 US babies were named Carlee in 2024. Its peak year was 2009.

How do you pronounce Carlee?

Carlee is usually pronounced KAR-lee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.