Meaning of name Carey

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Meaning

The name Carey has the following meaning:

Place name. "Near the castle".

This name can be given to both baby boys and girls. It is a unisex name.

Popularity

See worldwide popularity rankings of Carey as a baby name (outside USA)

As a baby boy name, Carey is currently not a popular baby name in the USA.

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Pronunciation

The name Carey is pronounced as kare-ee

Origins

Carey originates from the Welsh language.
See other suggested Welsh baby names.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Carey and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Carey: Boys - Aneurin, Arvel, Caden, Cedric, Evan, Gavin, Hywel, Llewellyn, Llewelyn, Lloyd, Maddox, Girls - Delyth, Both genders - Bryn, Kendall

Variants

Popular Variants for the name Carey: Carrey (Irish), Cary (English), Karey, Kary

Style

We think the name Carey should fall under the following style category: Celtic.

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Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Carey to be: Rich, well-educated, hardworking and kind-hearted guy

In one word, you might describe Carey as a(n) "well-educated" person.

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Famous persons

The names of some famous persons by the name Carey (or its variants) are:

Carey Scurry, born on 4 December, a famous athlete. Carey Scurry's background: A retired American basketball player. Scurry played three seasons (1985-1988) in the NBA as a member of the Utah Jazz and New York Knicks.

Cary Grant, born on 18 January, a famous actor. Cary Grant's background: Born in 1904. The charismatic firlm star was born to a working-class family in Horfield, Bristol, in England. His real name was Archibald Alexander Leach. He was equally at home playing comedy, serious drama and thrillers, and he excelled in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959)

Carey Talley , born on 26 August, a famous athlete. Carey Talley 's background: An American soccer defender, who currently plays for Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer.