Carleen
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 12 babies a year in the US.
Carleen by the numbers
Carleen was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 168 babies in 1961, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Carleen
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Carleen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Carleefree woman; a form of Carla or Carly259 in the US (2017)
- Charleena form of Charlene, free woman8 in the US (2017)
- Carlen5 in the US (2017)
- Charleefree man; a feminine spelling of charles1,176 in the US (2017)
- Carmensong; poem; possibly from mount carmel789 in the US (2017)
- Cayleeclearing where cows graze; a modern respelling of Cayley268 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Carleen
Names that are said the same way as Carleen, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Carlinlittle champion; from Cathal61 in the US (2017)
- Carlynnfree man; a feminine form of Carl25 in the US (2017)
- Karlynvariant of Carolyn; joyful song24 in the US (2017)
- Karlinfree man; a diminutive of karl or charles22 in the US (2017)
- Carlenefree woman; a form of Caroline16 in the US (2017)
- Karlenefree woman; a form of caroline or karlene13 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Carleen
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