Carrie

Diminutive of Carol or Caroline, French

"free man"

Carrie Origin and Meaning

The name Carrie is a girl's name meaning "free man".

Carrie lives on mainly on the screen, as the new/old antiheroine of Stephen King's classic Carrie, as turn-of-the-21st-century diva Carrie Bradshaw of Sex & The City, and as Claire Danes' Emmy-winning character Carrie Mathison of Homeland.

In real life, however, Carrie dropped off the Top 1000 a handful of years ago and, while the name retains some charm, shows no signs of making an imminent comeback. Try Cara instead.

Carrie Rank in US Top 1000

# 988 in the US

Carrie Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1462 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Carrie

• 1462 Nameberry 2025
• 768 Unique 2018

20 Names Similar to Carrie

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Carrie.

• Julie
• Lisa
• Donna
• Lizzie
• Carla
• Stacy
• Krystal
• Leslie
• Katie
• Hillary
• Tina
• Candace
• Kathryn
• Paula
• Suzanne
• Cindy
• Judy
• Jayne
• Jenny
• Joyce

Famous People Named Carrie

• Carrie Frances Fisher American actress and author
• Carrie Rachel Brownstein American musician and actress
• Carrie Amelia Moore Nation American temperance leader
• Carrie Preston American Actress
• Carrie Marie Underwood American country music singer
• Caroline Vanessa "Carrie" Grant English vocal coach and TV presenter
• Carrie Hope Fletcher English singer, actress and Youtuber
• Carrie Minetta Jacobs Bond, American singer and songwriter
• Carrie Clinton Lane Chapman Catt American suffragist
• Caroline Michelle "Carrie" Prejean American model; Miss USA runner,up 2009
• Carrie Bickmore Australian TV presenter
• Carrie Ann Inaba, American dancer and TV personality
• Carrie Lucas American R&B singer
• Carrie Anne Moss, Canadian actress
• Caroline Celestia "Carrie" Ingalls Swanzey sister of American novelist Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Caroline "Carrie" Snodgress American actress
• Carrie Anne Savage American voice actress
• Carrie Sheinberg American skier
• Caroline "Carrie" St. Louis american actress.

The name Carrie in Pop Culture

• Carrie Bradshaw main character in TV's "Sex and the City"
• Carietta "Carrie" White main character in movie/book "Carrie" by Stephen King
• Carrie Donovan character in TV's "Townies"
• Carrie Mathison main character in TV's "Homeland"
• Carrie Heffernan character in TV's "King of Queens"
• Carrie Rawlins character in movie "Bedknobs and Broomsticks"
• Carrie "Big Boo" Black character in TV's "Orange is the New Black"
• Carrie Bishop minor character in TV's "Veronica Mars"
• Caroline Forbes character in TV's "Vampire Diaries," rarely called Care/Carrie
• Carrie Anne character in movie "House at the End of the Street"
• Dr. Carrie Roman character on TV's Nurse Jackie
• Carrie psycho nanny on TV's "One Tree Hill"
• Carrie Sullivan character in Rachael Allen's "The Revenge Playbook"
• "Carrie Anne " song by The Hollies
• Carrie a mute slave in Octavia Butler's "Kindred"