Carla is the feminized version of Carl, Carlos or
Charles
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''* ...
, from ''ceorl'' in Old English, which means "free man".
People
Notable people with the name include:
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Carla Lazzari (born 2005), French singer and former member of the children's music group Kids United
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Carla Abellana
Carla Angeline Reyes Abellana (; born June 12, 1986) is a Filipino actress who played the lead role in the Philippine adaptation of the Mexican telenovela '' Rosalinda'' (2009), and is also known for other leading roles in ''Sine Novela: Ba ...
(born 1986), Filipina actress and commercial model
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Carla Angola, Venezuelan journalist and television presenter
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Carla Azar, drummer and singer for the band
Autolux
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Carla Baratta, (born 1990), Venezuelan actress, model, and artist.
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Carla Barbarella
Carla Barbarella (born 4 February 1940 in Magione) is a former Italian politician from the Italian Communist Party who served as a member of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1989.
In 1989, she was named Shadow Minister of Agriculture in th ...
, (born 1940), Italian politician
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Carla Barbarino (born 1967), retired Italian sprinter and hurdler
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Carla Beck
Carla Beck (born October 15, 1973) is a Canadian politician who has served as leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party and Saskatchewan's Official Opposition since 2022. Beck was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan ...
, Canadian politician
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Carla Berrocal (born 1983), Spanish comics illustrator
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Carla Berube (born 1975), American college basketball coach
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Carla Beurskens (born 1952), prominent long-distance runner from the Netherlands
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Carla Blank, American choreographer, writer, and editor
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Carla Bley
Carla Bley (born Lovella May Borg; May 11, 1936 – October 17, 2023) was an American jazz composer, pianist, organist, and bandleader. An important figure in the free jazz movement of the 1960s, she gained acclaim for her jazz opera ''Escalator ...
(1936–2023), American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader
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Carla Bonner (born 1973), Australian actress
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Carla Borrego
Carla Borrego (born 11 November 1983), also known as Carla Williams and Carla Williams-Borrego, is a former Jamaica netball international. She was a member of the Jamaica team that won the bronze medal at the 2003 World Netball Championships ...
(born 1983), Jamaican basketball and netball player
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Carla Boyce (born 1998), Scottish footballer
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Carla Boyd (born 1975), retired Australian basketball player with 2 Olympic medals
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Carla Bozulich (born 1965), lead singer, lyricist and founder of
The Geraldine Fibbers
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Carla Bruni (born 1967), Italian-French singer, songwriter and former model
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Carla Cassidy, American romance novelist
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Carla Koplin Cohn, American secretary, personal assistant to
Hank Aaron
Henry Louis Aaron (February 5, 1934 – January 22, 2021), nicknamed "Hammer" or "Hammerin' Hank", was an American professional baseball right fielder who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), from 1954 through 1976. Considered one ...
, Baseball Hall of Fame player.
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Carla Cook, jazz vocalist
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Carla Cortijo (born 1987), Puerto Rican basketball player
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Carla Cotwright-Williams (born 1973), African-American mathematician
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Carla Couto (born 1974), Portuguese football striker
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Carla Cunningham (born 1963), American politician
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Carla Del Poggio (1925–2010), Italian cinema, theatre, and television actress
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Carla Del Ponte (born 1947), Chief Prosecutor at two United Nations international criminal law tribunals
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Carla Dunlap (born 1954), American bodybuilding champion.
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Carla Dziwoki (born 1982), Australian netball player
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Carla J. Easton, Scottish singer-songwriter
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Carla Emery DeLong (1939–2005), American author
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Carla Estrada (born 1956), Latin American telenovela producer
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Carla Fracci (1936–2021), ballet dancer and actress
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Carla Garapedian (born 1961), documentary filmmaker
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Carla Gavazzi (1913–2008), Italian operatic soprano
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Carla Geurts (born 1971), freestyle swimmer
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Carla Giuliano
Carla Giuliano (born 2 April 1983) is an Italian politician. She was elected as a member of the Five Star Movement and has sat in the Chamber of Deputies since 2018.
Biography
She was born in San Severo
San Severo (; formerly spelled Sanse ...
(born 1983), Italian politician
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Carla Gravina
Carla Gravina (born 5 August 1941) is an Italian actress and politician. She received a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for her role in '' La Terrazza'' (1980). Her other notable roles were in '' Love and Chatter'' (1957), '' Ester ...
(born 1941), Italian film actress
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Carla Gugino (born 1971), American actress
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Carla Hall (born 1964), American chef
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Carla Harryman (born 1952), American poet, essayist, and playwright
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Carla Anderson Hills
Carla Anderson Hills (born January 3, 1934) is an American lawyer and former government official. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, she previously served as the 5th United States secretary of housing and urban dev ...
(born 1934), American lawyer
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Carla Howell, President of the Center For Small Government
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Carla Humphries (born 1988), commercial model and actress in the Philippines
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Carla Jimenez (born 1974), American television and film actress
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Carla Kelly, American romance writer
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Carla Khan (born 1981), Pakistan squash player
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Carla Kihlstedt, American violinist, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist
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Carla Körbes
Carla Körbes is a Brazilian ballet dancer who performed as a principal dancer with the Pacific Northwest Ballet, then became the associate artistic director of L.A Dance Project. She is now an associate professor at Indiana University Jacobs ...
, Brazilian ballet dancer
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Carla Laemmle (1909–2014), American actress
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Carla Lane (1928–2016), pseudonym of Romana Barrack, an English television writer
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Carla Lehmann (1917–1990), Canadian film and television actress
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Carla Lockhart (born 1985), British politician
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Carla MacLeod (born 1982), retired Canadian national women's hockey player
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Carla Marins (born 1968), Brazilian actress
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Carla McGhee (born 1968), American basketball player
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Carla Speed McNeil (born 1969), American science fiction writer, cartoonist, and illustrator
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Carla Mendonça (born 1964), English actress
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Carla Molema (born 1988), Dutch darts player
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Carla Moreno (born 1976), Brazilian triathlete
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Carla Morrison
Carla Patricia Morrison Flores (born July 19, 1986) is a Mexican indie-pop guitarist and singer. She has released three studio albums and has received various awards and nominations including two Grammy Award nominations and three Latin Grammy A ...
(born 1986), Mexican singer, songwriter and guitarist
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Carla Nunes, Brazilian footballer
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Carla Overbeck (born 1968), American soccer player
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Carla Padilla (born 1988), Bolivian footballer
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Carla Padilla Ramos (born 1969), Mexican politician
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Carla Qualtrough (born 1971), Canadian politician and former paralympian
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Carla Quevedo
Carla Quevedo (born 23 April 1988) is an Argentine actress. She is most known for her limited but crucial role in ''The Secret in Their Eyes'', in which she played Liliana Coloto.
Career
Her acting debut was in the year 2009 in Argentina film ...
(born 1988), Argentinian actress and designer
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Carla Quint (born 1972), Dutch water polo player
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Carla Rebecchi (born 1984), Olympic bronze medalist in field hockey
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Carla Rhodes (born 1982), American ventriloquist, comedian and musician
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Carla Rueda Cotito (born 1990), Peruvian volleyball player
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Carla Ruocco (born 1973), Italian politician
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Carla Ryan (born 1985), professional cyclist from Australia
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Carla Sacramento (born 1971), middle distance runner from Portugal
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Carla J. Shatz, American
neurobiologist
A neuroscientist (or neurobiologist) is a scientist specializing in neuroscience that deals with the anatomy and function of neurons, neural circuits, and glia, and their behavioral, biological, and psychological roles in health and disease.
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Carla Shibley, Canadian para-cyclist
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Carla Maria da Silva, Brazilian footballer
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Carla Sozzani, Italian
art dealer
An art dealer is a person or company that buys and sells works of art, or acts as the intermediary between the buyers and sellers of art.
An art dealer in contemporary art typically seeks out various artists to represent, and builds relationsh ...
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Carla Stovall (born 1957), politician and former Attorney General of Kansas
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Carla Suárez Navarro
Carla Suárez Navarro (; born 3 September 1988) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. A former top 10 singles player, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 6 on 29 February 2016, and a best WTA doubles ranking of 11, o ...
(born 1988), Spanish tennis player
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Carla Swart (1987–2011), South African cyclist
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Carla Thomas (born 1942), Queen of Memphis Soul
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Carla Tuzzi (born 1967), retired Italian hurdler
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Carla Ulbrich, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and author
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Carla Van Zon, New Zealand artistic director
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Carla Werner, singer and songwriter from New Zealand
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Carla White (1951–2007), American jazz vocalist
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Carla Witte (1889–1943), German-Uruguayan painter, sculptor, and teacher
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Carla Woodcock (born 1998), English actress
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Carla Yules (born 1996), Indonesian beauty queen
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Carla Zampatti (1942–2021), fashion designer and businesswoman
Fictional characters
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Carla Connor, character from the British soap opera, ''
Coronation Street
''Coronation Street'' (colloquially referred to as ''Corrie'') is a British television soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres on a cobbled, terraced ...
''
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Carla Crozier, character on the New Zealand soap opera ''
Shortland Street
''Shortland Street'' is a New Zealand Prime time, prime-time soap opera centring on the fictitious Shortland Street Hospital. The show was first broadcast on TVNZ 2 on 25 May 1992 and is New Zealand's longest-running drama and soap opera, be ...
''
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Carla Espinosa
Carla Espinosa, RN is a fictional character in the American comedy-drama ''Scrubs (TV series), Scrubs'', portrayed by Judy Reyes, who appeared on the series from October 2001 to May 2009.
Carla appeared in every episode during the first eight sea ...
, character from ''
Scrubs''
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Carla Gray, character on ''
One Life to Live
''One Life to Live'' (often abbreviated as ''OLTL'') is an American soap opera broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC television network for more than 43 years, from July 15, 1968, to January 13, 2012, and then on the internet as ...
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*Carla Gunderson, young female
Spix's Macaw
Spix's macaw (''Cyanopsitta spixii''), also known as the little blue macaw, is a macaw species that was Endemism, endemic to Brazil. It is a member of tribe Arini (tribe), Arini in the subfamily Arinae (Neotropical parrots), part of the family ...
character from animated movie ''
Rio 2''
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Carla Mitchell, character from the British soap opera, ''
EastEnders
''EastEnders'' is a British television soap opera created by Julia Smith (producer), Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the East End of London, the ...
''
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Carla Tortelli, waitress on the TV show ''
Cheers
''Cheers'' is an American television sitcom, created by Glen and Les Charles, Glen Charles & Les Charles and James Burrows, that aired on NBC for eleven seasons from September 30, 1982, to May 20, 1993. The show was produced by Charles/Burrows/C ...
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*Carla Veloso, Cars series characters Female Auto racing World Grand Prix sports fiction Cars 2 (2011)
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Carla von Lahnstein, character from the German soap opera ''
Verbotene Liebe'' (Forbidden Love)
* Lola and Carla, two characters from
Sega
is a Japanese video game company and subsidiary of Sega Sammy Holdings headquartered in Tokyo. It produces several List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises for arcade game, arcades and video game cons ...
's
Joypolis
Other
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Hurricane Carla
Hurricane Carla was the most intense tropical cyclone landfall in Texas in the 20th century. The third named storm of the 1961 Atlantic hurricane season, Carla developed from an area of squall, squally weather in the southwestern Caribbean Sea ...
, Category 4 Atlantic hurricane in 1961
See also
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Calla (name)
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Carli (given name)
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Carly (name)
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Charla (name)
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Karla (name)
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Carlia S. Westcott
References
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