Carling \c(a)-rli-ng, car-ling\ as a boy's name (also used as girl's name Carling), is a variant of Carlin (Irish, Gaelic) and Carollan (Irish, Gaelic), and the meaning of Carling is "little champion".

The baby name Carling sounds like Garlind, Garlin and Karlin. Other similar baby names are Erling, Carolan, Gambling, Garland, Garlyn, Garlend, Garlen, Garlan, Goring, Karlens, Karlan and Kipling.