Karlee

Karlee is an English feminine name functioning as a spelling variant of Carly, itself a diminutive of Carla or a feminization of Carl, which derives from the Old High German name Karl, meaning free man or strong man. The underlying Germanic root is shared with Charles and its many European cognates. Karlee and similar spellings such as Karli, Carlee, and Carlie emerged largely in the twentieth century as parents sought more distinctive or phonetic renderings of the traditional form.