Carly is a 20th-century American feminine of Carl — Old Germanic karl (free man). **Carly Simon (born 1943)** — **American singer-songwriter; 1972's *You're So Vain* — about an unnamed lover whose identity she partially revealed only in 2015 (Warren Beatty for the second verse) — spent three weeks at #1**. **Two Grammy Awards; Songwriters Hall of Fame (1994)**. **"Nobody Does It Better" (1977 *The Spy Who Loved Me* theme), "You're the One," "Coming Around Again," "Let the River Run" (Oscar 1989)**. **Carly Rae Jepsen (born 1985)** — Canadian singer; *Call Me Maybe* (2012) topped charts in 19 countries and is among the best-selling singles of all time. **Carly Fiorina (born 1954)** — former Hewlett-Packard CEO and 2016 presidential candidate.
Subject of Carly Simon's memoir *Boys in the Trees* (2015).
Carly reduces to nine — the number of free woman.