Carla

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Carla is the feminized version of Carl, Carlos or Charles, from ceorl in Old English, which means "free man".

People

Notable people with the name include:

Carla Lazzari (born 2005), French singer and former member of the children's music group Kids United
Carla Abellana (born 1986), Filipina actress and commercial model
Carla Angola, Venezuelan journalist and television presenter
Carla Azar, drummer and singer for the band Autolux
Carla Baratta, (born 1990), Venezuelan actress, model, and artist.
Carla Barbarella, (born 1940), Italian politician
Carla Barbarino (born 1967), retired Italian sprinter and hurdler
Carla Beck, Canadian politician
Carla Berrocal (born 1983), Spanish comics illustrator
Carla Berube (born 1975), American college basketball coach
Carla Beurskens (born 1952), prominent long-distance runner from the Netherlands
Carla Blank, American choreographer, writer, and editor
Carla Bley (1936–2023), American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader
Carla Bonner (born 1973), Australian actress
Carla Borrego (born 1983), Jamaican basketball and netball player
Carla Boyce (born 1998), Scottish footballer
Carla Boyd (born 1975), retired Australian basketball player with 2 Olympic medals
Carla Bozulich (born 1965), lead singer, lyricist and founder of The Geraldine Fibbers
Carla Bruni (born 1967), Italian-French singer, songwriter and former model
Carla Cassidy, American romance novelist
Carla Koplin Cohn, American secretary, personal assistant to Hank Aaron, Baseball Hall of Fame player.
Carla Cook, jazz vocalist
Carla Cortijo (born 1987), Puerto Rican basketball player
Carla Cotwright-Williams (born 1973), African-American mathematician
Carla Couto (born 1974), Portuguese football striker
Carla Cunningham (born 1963), American politician
Carla Del Poggio (1925–2010), Italian cinema, theatre, and television actress
Carla Del Ponte (born 1947), Chief Prosecutor at two United Nations international criminal law tribunals
Carla Dunlap (born 1954), American bodybuilding champion.
Carla Dziwoki (born 1982), Australian netball player
Carla J. Easton, Scottish singer-songwriter
Carla Emery DeLong (1939–2005), American author
Carla Estrada (born 1956), Latin American telenovela producer
Carla Fracci (1936–2021), ballet dancer and actress
Carla Garapedian (born 1961), documentary filmmaker
Carla Gavazzi (1913–2008), Italian operatic soprano
Carla Geurts (born 1971), freestyle swimmer
Carla Giuliano (born 1983), Italian politician
Carla Gravina (born 1941), Italian film actress
Carla Guevara Laforteza (born 1975), Filipino musical theater actress
Carla Gugino (born 1971), American actress
Carla Hall (born 1964), American chef
Carla Harryman (born 1952), American poet, essayist, and playwright
Carla Anderson Hills (born 1934), American lawyer
Carla Howell, President of the Center For Small Government
Carla Humphries (born 1988), commercial model and actress in the Philippines
Carla Jimenez (born 1974), American television and film actress
Carla Kelly, American romance writer
Carla Khan (born 1981), Pakistan squash player
Carla Kihlstedt, American violinist, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist
Carla Körbes, Brazilian ballet dancer
Carla Laemmle (1909–2014), American actress
Carla Lane (1928–2016), pseudonym of Romana Barrack, an English television writer
Carla Lehmann (1917–1990), Canadian film and television actress
Carla Lockhart (born 1985), British politician
Carla MacLeod (born 1982), retired Canadian national women's hockey player
Carla Marins (born 1968), Brazilian actress
Carla Martinez (born 1956), Filipino musical theater actress
Carla McGhee (born 1968), American basketball player
Carla Speed McNeil (born 1969), American science fiction writer, cartoonist, and illustrator
Carla Mendonça (born 1964), English actress
Carla Molema (born 1988), Dutch darts player
Carla Moreno (born 1976), Brazilian triathlete
Carla Morrison (born 1986), Mexican singer, songwriter and guitarist
Carla Nunes, Brazilian footballer
Carla Overbeck (born 1968), American soccer player
Carla Padilla (born 1988), Bolivian footballer
Carla Padilla Ramos (born 1969), Mexican politician
Carla Qualtrough (born 1971), Canadian politician and former paralympian
Carla Quevedo (born 1988), Argentinian actress and designer
Carla Quint (born 1972), Dutch water polo player
Carla Rebecchi (born 1984), Olympic bronze medalist in field hockey
Carla Rhodes (born 1982), American ventriloquist, comedian and musician
Carla Rueda Cotito (born 1990), Peruvian volleyball player
Carla Ruocco (born 1973), Italian politician
Carla Ryan (born 1985), professional cyclist from Australia
Carla Sacramento (born 1971), middle distance runner from Portugal
Carla J. Shatz, American neurobiologist
Carla Shibley, Canadian para-cyclist
Carla Maria da Silva, Brazilian footballer
Carla Sozzani, Italian art dealer
Carla Stovall (born 1957), politician and former Attorney General of Kansas
Carla Suárez Navarro (born 1988), Spanish tennis player
Carla Swart (1987–2011), South African cyclist
Carla Thomas (born 1942), Queen of Memphis Soul
Carla Tuzzi (born 1967), retired Italian hurdler
Carla Ulbrich, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and author
Carla Van Zon, New Zealand artistic director
Carla Werner, singer and songwriter from New Zealand
Carla White (1951–2007), American jazz vocalist
Carla Witte (1889–1943), German-Uruguayan painter, sculptor, and teacher
Carla Woodcock (born 1998), English actress
Carla Yules (born 1996), Indonesian beauty queen
Carla Zampatti (1942–2021), fashion designer and businesswoman

Fictional characters

Carla Connor, character from the British soap opera, Coronation Street
Carla Crozier, character on the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street
Carla Espinosa, character from Scrubs
Carla Gray, character on One Life to Live
Carla Gunderson, young female Spix's Macaw character from animated movie Rio 2
Carla Mitchell, character from the British soap opera, EastEnders
Carla Tortelli, waitress on the TV show Cheers
Carla Veloso, Cars series characters Female Auto racing World Grand Prix sports fiction Cars 2 (2011)
Carla von Lahnstein, character from the German soap opera Verbotene Liebe (Forbidden Love)
Lola and Carla, two characters from Sega's Joypolis

Other

Hurricane Carla, Category 4 Atlantic hurricane in 1961

References

Hanks, Patrick. (2006). "A Dictionary of First Names". [[Oxford University Press]].

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