Carrie (meaning and origin)

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Carrie

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Meaning and origin
Carrie is a English girl name. The meaning of the name is `joy`.

Where is it used?
The name Carrie is mainly used in English.

How do they say it elsewhere?
Carolyn (In English)
Carlyn (In English)
Karolyn (In English)
Karrie (In English)

In combination with other names:
In English: Careen (F)

If it's too long people might use
In English: Carry

For the opposite sex use:
In Ancient Germanic (Latinized): Carolus (M)

See also
In French and in English: Caroline (F)
In Other languages: Cari (F)

What Carrie`s say about their name

The best thing about the name Carrie:
to many ryming things
The worst thing about the name:
getting called carrie potter for being a harry potter fan
If my name wasn`t Carrie....:
kari
Extra information:
harry potter is better then twilight
The best thing about the name Carrie:
Its unusual
The worst thing about the name:
All the horrible rhymes... Harry Carrie, Scary, fairy, dairy Carrie.... The associationg with the movie Carrie...
If my name wasn`t Carrie....:
My mother would have named me Amy
Extra information:
I hate this name!!!
The best thing about the name Carrie:
It's easy to pronounce and I get a lot of compliments.
The worst thing about the name:
It rhymes with too many other words and it gets confused easily.
If my name wasn`t Carrie....:
Jillian.
Extra information:
The best thing about the name Carrie:
Its unusual and I get a lot of comments about how pretty it is
The worst thing about the name:
Carry, curry etc when little
If my name wasn`t Carrie....:
I would have been a Victoria
Extra information:
wouldnt change it
The best thing about the name Carrie:
It fit me when I was little. I always wanted to be carried.
The worst thing about the name:
There is alot of Carries in my school.
If my name wasn`t Carrie....:
It would be Shandie
Extra information:
The best thing about the name Carrie:
it's easy for people to remember....and not many people have it...
The worst thing about the name:
you are made fun of....curry....carry and etc
If my name wasn`t Carrie....:
Arabella
Extra information:
Angelica

More `Carrie` links
Carrie as abbreviation
Actors named Carrie
Carrie in the encyclopedia

Statistics for Carrie

Carrie appears in 2007`s top-1000 name list at rank 988. In the last 128 years Carrie has occupied a spot in the top 1000 without interruptions. The name reached the top-100 6 times. 1880 was a `top year` for the name Carrie. (Based on 128 years of name history) In that year it ranked #20. Our records go back to 1880

Year	Rank	Rank
2007	988
2006	861
2005	840
2004	809
2003	737
2002	753
2001	588
2000	503
1999	455
1998	420
1997	368
1996	319
1995	310
1994	275
1993	249
1992	221
1991	204
1990	170
1980	46
1970	73
1960	139
1950	241
1940	176
1930	145
1920	121
1910	70
1900	48
1890	29
1880	20