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Carilyn at a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- English
- Western numerology
- 1
- Indian numerology
- 6
- Characters
- 7
- Popular
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What does Carilyn mean?
Carilyn is a baby name with English context. Parents can review its meaning, origin, numerology, sibling ideas, and similar names before adding it to a shortlist. The recorded meaning is Feminine variant of Charles: manly.
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