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'''Carey'''. English. This has continuously been a gender neutral name since 1880, though it tended to be more masculine, until it spiked in popularity as a feminine name during the 1970s. From an Irish surname, Ó Ciardha, meaning "Descendant of Ciardha" in Irish. Ciardha is a masculine name meaning "Black" in Irish.<ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/Carey [https://web.archive.org/web/20221207035305/https://babynames.com/name/carey Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/carey [https://web.archive.org/web/20230213074902/https://www.behindthename.com/name/carey Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/ciardha [https://web.archive.org/web/20230213074901/https://www.behindthename.com/name/ciardha Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> US SSA data shows about 43,020 people with this given name, used as a masculine name 54% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/C/CA/CAREY/index.html</ref> Keywords: colours, common, neutral inclined, two syllables. | '''Carey'''. English. This has continuously been a gender neutral name since 1880, though it tended to be more masculine, until it spiked in popularity as a feminine name during the 1970s. From an Irish surname, Ó Ciardha, meaning "Descendant of Ciardha" in Irish. Ciardha is a masculine name meaning "Black" in Irish.<ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/Carey [https://web.archive.org/web/20221207035305/https://babynames.com/name/carey Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/carey [https://web.archive.org/web/20230213074902/https://www.behindthename.com/name/carey Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/ciardha [https://web.archive.org/web/20230213074901/https://www.behindthename.com/name/ciardha Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> US SSA data shows about 43,020 people with this given name, used as a masculine name 54% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/C/CA/CAREY/index.html</ref> Keywords: colours, common, neutral inclined, two syllables. | ||
'''Caret.''' An indicator, often a blinking line or bar, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place. <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caret</ref> | |||
'''Carlen'''. English. From the surname Carlen, meaning "Descendant of Charles." Irish variant: '''Carlin'''.<ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/carlen [https://web.archive.org/web/20230206092138/https://babynames.com/name/carlen Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> US SSA data shows about 878 people with this given name, used as a feminine name 83% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/C/CA/CARLEN/index.html</ref> Keywords: feminine inclined, rare, two syllables. | '''Carlen'''. English. From the surname Carlen, meaning "Descendant of Charles." Irish variant: '''Carlin'''.<ref>https://www.babynames.com/name/carlen [https://web.archive.org/web/20230206092138/https://babynames.com/name/carlen Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> US SSA data shows about 878 people with this given name, used as a feminine name 83% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/C/CA/CARLEN/index.html</ref> Keywords: feminine inclined, rare, two syllables. | ||