Overview
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, French singer and former member of the children's music group Kids United
Carla Abellana, Filipina actress and commercial model
Carla Angola, Venezuelan journalist and television presenter
Carla Azar, drummer and singer for the band Autolux
Carla Barbarella, (born 1940), Italian politician
Carla Barbarino, retired Italian sprinter and hurdler
Carla Beck, Canadian politician
Carla Berrocal (born 1983), Spanish comics illustrator
Carla Berube, American college basketball coach
Carla Beurskens, prominent long-distance runner from the Netherlands
Carla Blank, American choreographer, writer, and editor
Carla Bley, American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader
Carla Bonner, Australian actress
Carla Borrego, Jamaican basketball and netball player
Carla Boyce (born 1998), Scottish footballer
Carla Boyd, retired Australian basketball player with 2 Olympic medals
Carla Bozulich, lead singer, lyricist and founder of The Geraldine Fibbers
Carla Bruni, Italian-French singer, songwriter and former model
Carla Cassidy, American romance novelist
Carla Cook, jazz vocalist
Carla Cortijo, Puerto Rican basketball player
Carla Cotwright-Williams, African-American mathematician
Carla Couto, Portuguese football striker
Carla Cunningham (born 1963), American politician
Carla Del Poggio, Italian cinema, theatre, and television actress
Carla Del Ponte, Chief Prosecutor at two United Nations international criminal law tribunals
Carla Duff, brazilian waxer
Carla Dunlap, American bodybuilding champion.
Carla Dziwoki, Australian netball player
Carla J.
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