Carly’s Notebook: Personalized Journal for Carly
Carly's Notebook puts her name front and center, written in flowing script across a soft watercolor apple blossom design.
- 160 lined pages
- 6" x 9" paperback
- Watercolor apple blossom cover with "Carly's Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
Carly: meaning and origin
Carly is a feminine form of Carl, says Behind the Name. Carl is a German and Scandinavian form of Karl, the root of Charles, and German immigrants brought it to America in the 19th century. Behind the Name says the singer Carly Simon inspired a rise in the name’s popularity in the 1970s.
Nicknames and variants
Behind the Name lists Carlee, Carley, Carli, Carlie, Karlee, Karli, Karlie and Karly as variant spellings. With so many ways to write it, every Carly can pick her favorite.
Famous people named Carly
Carly Simon, born June 25, 1943, is an American singer-songwriter and author. Wikipedia says she had 13 top 40 hits in the US, including “Anticipation”, “Mockingbird” with James Taylor, and “Nobody Does It Better” from the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me. She began performing in 1963 with her sister Lucy as the Simon Sisters, and she has written two memoirs and five children’s books.
Is Carly a popular name?
Carly is a 1990s name. US Social Security data has it at 143rd in the 1990s, when more than 22,700 American girls were named Carly. Behind the Name says it last ranked in the US top 1,000 in 2024, at 875th, and was 79th in Scotland in 2013.
Carly trivia
A Carly wrote pop’s most famous mystery. Wikipedia says Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain”, released in November 1972, describes a self-absorbed lover whose identity has long been a matter of speculation. Simon has said the song refers to three men and has named only one publicly, the actor Warren Beatty. It was originally titled “Bless You, Ben”, and it reached No. 1 in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand in early 1973.
Gift ideas that suit a Carly
- For a singer. A songbook for lyrics and set lists.
- For a mystery lover. A notebook for clues and secrets.
- For a book lover. A reading journal for memoirs.
- For New Year’s Day. A journal for anticipation and fresh starts.
How Carly can use it
Any Carly, of any age. The 6" x 9" size is roomy enough for proper writing and small enough for a handbag or school bag. With 160 plain lined pages there’s no fixed layout, so it can be a diary, a gratitude journal, a study notebook, a recipe book or a home for to-do lists. Notebooks tend to multiply in drawers, but one with her name on the front is instantly hers.
The little things that make it hers
There’s something about seeing your own name in print. It makes a notebook feel like it belongs to you, which is a good reason to fill it. It also means Carly can pick hers out of a pile in a second, at school, at work or on the kitchen counter.
Frequently asked questions
How big is Carly’s Notebook? About the size of a trade paperback book: 6 x 9 inches (15.2 x 22.9 cm), 160 lined pages.
Where do I buy it? It’s sold on Amazon in the US, Australia and the UK. Amazon prints and ships each copy and handles delivery and returns.
Do you have other names? Yes, the same apple blossom design comes in hundreds of girls’ names. Start at all name notebooks or our personalized name notebooks guide.
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