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Help[Opinions] Re: Thoughts on Carly?
in reply to a message by Amandine
I think it's pretty cute. I like the -ly ending. I can see how some might think it's juvenile, but I think it seems casual and tidy, like the ly in Tilly or Ally.
It's dated, yes, but was never so popular all at once that it is super dated. It's dated sort of like Darcy (f) is, in my mind.
I associate Carly Simon really strongly, which is a positive association now, but was less so back in the 90s, it would have been kind of like Stevie (Nicks). It surprised me a bit that Carly got popular in the 90s. Seemed a couple decades late, for its sound.
I also think of iCarly, which doesn't seem like a positive association, but isn't really bad either. Not as bad as Miley. More like Ally (as in Ally McBeal). In retrospect, Carly also seems like sort of a forerunner to Harley, Marley, and Kaylee.
I think as a baby name today, it would be cute, but probably would be better appreciated as a nickname for another name.
- mirfak
It's dated, yes, but was never so popular all at once that it is super dated. It's dated sort of like Darcy (f) is, in my mind.
I associate Carly Simon really strongly, which is a positive association now, but was less so back in the 90s, it would have been kind of like Stevie (Nicks). It surprised me a bit that Carly got popular in the 90s. Seemed a couple decades late, for its sound.
I also think of iCarly, which doesn't seem like a positive association, but isn't really bad either. Not as bad as Miley. More like Ally (as in Ally McBeal). In retrospect, Carly also seems like sort of a forerunner to Harley, Marley, and Kaylee.
I think as a baby name today, it would be cute, but probably would be better appreciated as a nickname for another name.
- mirfak
