Carleigh

Carleigh: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “meadow of free peasants”
Origin: English
Say it: KAR-lee · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls

Variant spelling of Carly or Carley, from an English surname derived from place elements meaning 'ceorl's clearing/meadow' or similar. Modern -leigh spellings are especially recent.

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How popular is Carleigh?

202420.0 per million US babies

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Babies named Carleigh in 202467

2024 rank#2,608 girls

Peak year2010

Total US babies since 18806,046

Carleigh is fading: recent use is about 40% of its level ten years before.

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Carleigh questions

What does the name Carleigh mean?

Carleigh means "meadow of free peasants". It comes from English. Variant spelling of Carly or Carley, from an English surname derived from place elements meaning 'ceorl's clearing/meadow' or similar. Modern -leigh spellings are especially recent.

Is Carleigh a boy or girl name?

Carleigh is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Carleigh?

67 US babies were named Carleigh in 2024. Its peak year was 2010.

How do you pronounce Carleigh?

Carleigh 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.