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Carey

23 replies

mrsdrablowsbittersister · 12/08/2023 18:09

For a girl? Too weird?

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ZoyaTheDestroyer · 12/08/2023 18:23

Lovely and not weird at all if you can live with people pronouncing it Carrie or Kerry.

Coronationstation · 12/08/2023 19:22

Pronounced like carry or care-ee?

Takeresponsibilityforyourownactions · 12/08/2023 19:24

What about Clara?

DuchessOfSausage · 12/08/2023 22:10

Scary Carey
Dental Caries

Sleepnplay · 12/08/2023 22:21

Love it

Moveoverdarlin · 12/08/2023 22:22

If I heard someone say it, I would assume they said Kerry, which would put me off.

continentallentil · 12/08/2023 23:00

I like it

And I think of Carey Mulligan

It seems to be spelt Cary as a male name (Grant, Elwes)

Also like Carys

continentallentil · 12/08/2023 23:00

DuchessOfSausage · 12/08/2023 22:10

Scary Carey
Dental Caries

I think you are reaching there..

HarrietJet · 12/08/2023 23:01

I'd just think of Carey Mulligan. It's not weird.

Emmaemmeline · 12/08/2023 23:03

It’s my middle name , not weird at all

MotherOfVizslas · 12/08/2023 23:23

Carey is a beautiful name 🩷

salamithumbs · 12/08/2023 23:49

It sounds slightly surnamey to me but I still think it's a nice name! Reminds me of Carey mulligan, and I think the girl in The Magic Bedknob, which Bedknobs and Broomsticks was based on, was called Carey

Busubaba · 12/08/2023 23:50

Depending on the accent it might get misheard as being Kerry.

peaceinourtime · 14/08/2023 03:21

I wouldn't be put off, it is pronounced the same way as Kerry/Kerrie but lots of names have different pronunciations.

user1492757084 · 14/08/2023 05:25

Carey is cute. You could call her Care bear.

I prefer Carrie or Carys.
If your pronouce it Carey most people would assume the first letter is a K so I would name her Kerry or stipulate the C spelling to everyone new.

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 14/08/2023 06:11

peaceinourtime · 14/08/2023 03:21

I wouldn't be put off, it is pronounced the same way as Kerry/Kerrie but lots of names have different pronunciations.

Is this regional? I have only ever heard Carey pronounced to rhyme with Mary.

Daffodilwoman · 14/08/2023 06:33

As in Jim Carey?

marienylonette · 14/08/2023 06:33

Maybe an age thing but makes me think of the ex Archbishop of Canterbury. He was Archbishop Carey.

But that aside, i think it's pretty. Not my personal choice but I've seen a 100 times worse on here!

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 14/08/2023 06:37

Daffodilwoman · 14/08/2023 06:33

As in Jim Carey?

No, his name is Carrey.

babysharkdoodoodedoodedoo · 14/08/2023 10:51

Daffodilwoman · 14/08/2023 06:33

As in Jim Carey?

No, as in Mariah 😁

It sounds like a surname to me, but it’s cute. I think I like it.

HeddaGarbled · 14/08/2023 10:53

Love it.

CallieQ · 14/08/2023 11:00

Love the name Carey 🩷

CallieQ · 14/08/2023 11:03

It's not pronounced like Kerry... rhymes with Mary
The way Carey Mulligan says it

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