Since it was within the same minute that I did. We just missed each other--sorry! If it's family, it's family, and you're lucky that your mother's maiden name wasn't something like Schneeburger. ;)
I still think that the
George Carlin associations are a bit too strong for a first name (a middle name would be okay)--but if you're going to use it, I'd spell it Carlin. Looks a lot more feminine to me than
Carlyn, which just looks silly in my eyes. Besides, if your mother was a Carlin, it would be most honouring her by naming a child Carlin.
Oh--and would you consider Carlin for a son? I think it would work very nicely on a boy.
Carl would be nice, too.
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