Carlei
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 15 babies a year in the US.
Carlei by the numbers
Carlei was given to 15 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Carlei
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 Carlei. 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)
- Carleyfree man; a form of Carl or Charles146 in the US (2017)
- Carlifree man; a spelling variant of Carla or Carlo122 in the US (2017)
- Carlesa form of Charles; free man or strong6 in the US (2017)
- Charlei13 in the US (2017)
- Caylei8 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Carlei
Names that are said the same way as Carlei, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Karleighfree man; a feminine invented spelling of Carl181 in the US (2017)
- Carleighman; a modern spelling of Carley or Carla177 in the US (2017)
- Karleyfree man; a modern respelling of Carla or Carly124 in the US (2017)
- Kharleya form of Charley or Harley with kh- spelling5 in the US (2017)
- Karlee328 in the US (2017)
- Karlei11 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Carlei
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