Cary or Carey

I’m currently crushing on this name. [name_m]How[/name_m] would you spell it for a boy?

Either way is fine. I’m leaning toward [name_u]Cary[/name_u] because of [name_u]Cary[/name_u] [name_m]Grant[/name_m].

I think either way would be ok for a boy but I prefer [name_u]Cary[/name_u]. Probably also because of [name_u]Cary[/name_u] [name_m]Grant[/name_m].

I like [name_u]Cary[/name_u], like [name_u]Cary[/name_u] [name_m]Grant[/name_m].

I feel like the name looks more complete with the E, but the E also makes it more feminine to me so I would go with [name_u]Cary[/name_u].

I like [name_u]Carey[/name_u], because I feel like it looks more like how it sounds. To me [name_u]Cary[/name_u] looks like it would sound like [name_u]Gary[/name_u]…

[name_u]Cary[/name_u] is cool :slight_smile:

Yeah, I was going to say this. I remember to pronounce it ‘CARE-ee’ if I see it written [name_u]Carey[/name_u]. [name_u]Cary[/name_u] I’m more likely to say ‘KAH-ree’.

Saying that; I’m not one hundred percent on which is the correct pronunciation though :confused: I’ve heard both pronunciations:

[name_u]Cary[/name_u] [name_m]Grant[/name_m]: KAH-ree
[name_u]Cary[/name_u] Agos (from The Good Wife): CARE-ee/weirdly accented KAH-ree
[name_f]Mariah[/name_f] [name_u]Carey[/name_u]: CARE-ee

And BTN remains unhelpful. The Irish surname they say it’s anglicised from would be pronounced [name_m]Keer[/name_m]-ya. So… it can’t be.

I guess it can be pronounced both ways?

I know a [name_u]Cary[/name_u] who is friends with my youngest (well, “friends” like two toddlers can be) and I adore the spelling. His full first name is [name_m]Charles[/name_m], so [name_u]Cary[/name_u] is a nn.

This is what I was thinking. :slight_smile:

Yes, though keep in mind that here in [name_u]America[/name_u] [name_u]Cary[/name_u] and [name_u]Carey[/name_u] are usually pronounced identically. Yeah, I know, we’re weird…I wish we pronounced them differently so that at least there’d be an audible difference between [name_u]Cary[/name_u] and [name_f]Carrie[/name_f].

That said, I prefer [name_u]Cary[/name_u] for a boy; it’s probably the spelling least likely to be used for a girl. It makes people think of [name_u]Cary[/name_u] [name_m]Grant[/name_m]. saracita00 and I have talked about how dreamy [name_m]Caradoc[/name_m], nn [name_u]Cary[/name_u], would be. :slight_smile:

[name_u]Cary[/name_u]. [name_f]Love[/name_f] it

[name_u]Cary[/name_u]! Sounds so strong and classy.

[name_u]Cary[/name_u] for a boy
[name_u]Carey[/name_u] or [name_f]Carrie[/name_f] for a girl.

[name_u]Cary[/name_u]. I think both can be boy spelling but I just prefer this one.