Kalla, Kállá or Källa is a
given name
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and
surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...
. It is a
Danish,
Finnish,
Icelandic and
Swedish feminine given name that is a feminine form of
Kalle, short form of
Karolina and an alternate form of
Karla. Kalla is also an
English feminine given name, but its derived from the
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...
root name
Kalós. Kállá is a
Sami
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masculine given name that is an alternate form of Kalle.
Notable people who are known by this name include the following:
Given name
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Kalla Ankourao, Nigerien politician
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Källa Bie (born 1974), Swedish actress
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Kalla Gertze (1960–2008), Namibian politician
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Kalla Pasha (1879–1933), American wrestler, vaudeville comedian, and film actor
Surname
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Bulaki Das Kalla (born 1949), Indian politician
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Charlotte Kalla
Marina Charlotte Kalla (; born 22 July 1987) is a Swedish retired Cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skier. A four-time Olympian, Kalla won three golds and nine medals overall at the Olympics between 2004 and 2022. She holds the joint r ...
(born 1987), Swedish cross-country skier
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Daniel Kalla (born 1966), Canadian author and physician
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Jan-Philipp Kalla (born 1986), German football player
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Jaroslav Kalla (born 1979), Czech ice hockey player
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Jusuf Kalla
Muhammad Jusuf Kalla (; born 15 May 1942), commonly referred to by his initials JK, is an Indonesian politician and businessman who served as the 10th and 12th vice president of Indonesia, the only vice president in Indonesian history to serve tw ...
(born 1942), Indonesian politician
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Lachhmi Dhar Kalla, Indian scholar
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Marcel Kalla, Congolese politician
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Raymond Kalla (born 1975), Cameroonian football player
See also
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Calla (name)
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Kala (name)
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Kalle
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Kalli (name)
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Kallu (name)
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Karla (name)
Karla is the feminine form of Carl (name), Karl.
People with this given name include;
* Karla Álvarez (1972–2013), Mexican actress
* Karla Aponte (born 1998), Puerto Rican model
* Karla Avelar (born 1978), Salvadoran activist
* Karla Barrera ( ...
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Kayla (name)
Notes
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Danish feminine given names
English feminine given names
Finnish feminine given names
Feminine given names
Icelandic feminine given names
Swedish feminine given names