Carla Explained

Carla is the feminized version of Carl, Carlos or Charles, from ceorl in Old English, which means "free man".^[1]

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 Duff, Brazilian waxer
• 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 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 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 Rahal, Bulgarian actress
• 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 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

See also

• Calla (name)
• Carli (given name)
• Carly (name)
• Charla (name)
• Karla (name)
• Carlia S. Westcott

Notes and References

1. Book: Hanks, Patrick . Patrick Hanks . Hardcastle . Kate . Hodges . Flavia . A Dictionary of First Names . . Oxford paperback reference . 2006 . 978-0-19-861060-1 . 67869278 . 2018-12-06 . 108.