Meaning and Origin of: Carley

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Latin : Strong one
  • Old German : Freeholder; Feminine form of Carl

Girl name variations

Carla
Carlah
Carlana
Carlee
Carleen
Carleigh
Carlena
Carlene
Carletta
Carlette
Carlia
Carlina
Carlisa
Carlita
Carlla
Carlyn
Karlla
Karla
Karlie
Karly
Karleen
Carilla
Carlin

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Carl's island

Boy name variations

Carlyle
Carlisle
Carl
Lyle
Lisle
Carlile

Family name origins & meanings

  • Reduced form of Irish McCarley.
  • English : habitational name from the hamlet of Carley in Lifton, Devon, possibly named with Cornish ker ‘fort’ + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
  • Perhaps an Americanized form of German Kehrli or Kerle (see Kerley).