The Art of Literary Nomenclature

ORIGIN:
Diminutive of “Caroline“.

VARIATIONS and NICKNAMES:
Cady, Caddie, Caddy, Calleigh, Callie, Cari, Carla, Carry, Kallie, Kari, Karla, Karrie, Karry, Keri, Kerri, Kerrie, Kerry, etc.

REFERENCES IN LITERATURE:
– Carrie, a young guest of Mrs. Warburton’s, rather inclined to be frivolous, in “Pansies” from A Garland for Girls, by Louisa May Alcott, 1887.
– Carrie (Caroline) Meeber (also known as “Cad” or “Miss Madenda”), the titular self-interested dreamer of Theodore Dreiser’s Sister Carrie (published in 1900; set 1889-1890s).

Tagged: 1880s, 1900s, C, English

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• Some Less-Popular Historical Baby Names | The Art of Literary Nomenclature says:

  January 8, 2015 at 6:11 am

  […] & Carry (Scrawled in pencil in the nurse’s handwriting are the names Virgil and Carrie.) 1907 – Geo & Arizona (Indiana’s daughter?) 1908 – Lillian & Lilyan […]

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• Caroline | The Art of Literary Nomenclature says:

  May 10, 2015 at 2:22 am

  […] Perry’s A Flock of Girls and Boys (1895). – Caroline Meeber (usually called “Carrie“, sometimes “Cad”; “Miss Madenda” in her acting career), the titular […]

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• Cad | The Art of Literary Nomenclature says:

  May 10, 2015 at 2:28 am

  […] IN LITERATURE: – Cad (Caroline) Meeber (usually called “Carrie“; “Miss Madenda” in her acting career), the titular self-interested dreamer of Theodore […]

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