Given name & surname
Carry
“a joyous song; a small, strong woman”·“from the river”·“from the fort on the hill”
Carry is a variant of Caroline. In Latin use, Caroline carries the interpretation “a joyous song; a small, strong woman.” Carry is a variant of Cary. Interpretations include “from the river”, “from the fort on the hill”, and “having dark features”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Carry is a variant of Caroline. In Latin use, Caroline carries the interpretation “a joyous song; a small, strong woman.” Carry is a variant of Cary. Interpretations include “from the river”, “from the fort on the hill”, and “having dark features”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1881. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Carry through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,659
- 300 boys · 1,359 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 43 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 2001. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 37 in 1975. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,384 as a first name in 2020; 891 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Carry’s family of names
Carry has a related form in Caroline. Carry has a related form in Cary.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Carry
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Carry, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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“from the river” · “from the fort on the hill”
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Adriene
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Chalena
“resembling the beautiful and meaningful flower”
>99% girls
Dianthe
“the flower of the gods”
>99% girls