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Karelly

Gender
Girl
Say it
ka-REH-lee
Origin
Modern

Karelly is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

Where does Karelly come from?

Modern: spelling of Karely; Spanish-language coinage like Yarely and Nayely

Meaning borrowed from Karely.

Is Karelly a girl's or a boy's name?

Karelly is a girls' name.

How popular is Karelly in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1993.

Half of all the girls named Karelly in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.

1993Busiest: 12 in 20032023
Karelly in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20236#13,456
20220–
20210–
20207#12,137
20190–
20180–
20170–
20167#12,871
20159#10,861
20149#10,949
20136#14,577
201211#9,706
20110–
201010#10,446
20099#11,454
20085#17,498
200711#10,125
20067#13,601
20058#11,828
20049#10,684
200312#8,500
20028#11,102
20016#13,514
200010#9,156
19990–
19980–
19970–
19966#11,801
19955#13,380
19940–
19935#13,435

Names like Karelly

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Karelly: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/karelly, updated 20 October 2026.