Carla is the feminized version of Carl, Carlos or Charles, from ''ceorl'' in Old English, which means "free man". Notable people with the name include: *

Carla Carla is the feminized version of Carl, Carlos or Charles, from ''ceorl'' in Old English, which means "free man". Notable people with the name include: * Carla, French singer and former member of the children's music group Kids United * Carla Abe ...

, French singer and former member of the children's music group Kids United *

Carla Abellana Carla Angeline Reyes Abellana (; born June 12, 1986) is a Filipino actress and model who played the lead role in the Philippine adaptation of the Mexican telenovela '' Rosalinda'' in 2009. She is also known for her lead role in '' Sine Novela: ...

, Filipina actress and commercial model * Carla Azar, drummer and singer for the band Autolux * Carla Barbarino, retired Italian sprinter and hurdler *

Carla Beck Carla Beck is a Canadian politician who has served as leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party since 2022. She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the 2016 provincial election. She represents the electoral district ...

, Canadian politician * Carla Berrocal (born 1983), Spanish comics illustrator *

Carla Berube Carla Berube (born September 2, 1975) is an American college basketball coach and former basketball player. She is the head coach of the Princeton Tigers women's basketball team, a position she has held since 2019. She previously spent seventeen ...

, American college basketball coach *

Carla Beurskens Carolina ("Carla") Alwina Hubertina Beurskens (born 10 February 1952) was one of Holland's most prominent female long-distance runners from the second half of the 1970s until well into the 1990s, including all distances from 3000 metres to the ma ...

, 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 Carla Bonner is an Australian actress, known for playing the role of Stephanie Scully in the soap opera '' Neighbours'', a role she played from 1999 to 2010. She was also a guest on '' Celebrity Big Brother Australia'' in 2002. Following her d ...

, Australian actress *

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. ...

, Jamaican basketball and netball player *

Carla Boyce Carla Jane Boyce (born 29 December 1998) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a forward for Motherwell in the Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL). She previously played for Glasgow City, Rangers and Hibernian in the top flight of Scottis ...

(born 1998), Scottish footballer * Carla Boyd, retired Australian basketball player with 2 Olympic medals *

Carla Bozulich Carla Ragin Bozulich (born December 24, 1965) is an American musician based in Los Angeles, known as the lead singer, lyricist and founder of The Geraldine Fibbers and Evangelista as well as a founding member of Ethyl Meatplow and Scarnella. The ...

, lead singer, lyricist and founder of The Geraldine Fibbers *

Carla Bruni Carla Bruni-Sarkozy

, Italian-French singer, songwriter and former model * Carla Cassidy, American romance novelist *

Carla Cook Carla Cook is a Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist. Biography Cook was drawn to a life of music at an early age. As a student at Cass Technical High School she played string bass in the school orchestra, studied piano and voice on weekends, and ...

, jazz vocalist *

Carla Cortijo Carla Cortijo Sánchez (born July 21, 1987) is an American former professional basketball player. She played college basketball for the Texas Longhorns and the Puerto Rican national team. Early life Cortijo was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico to ...

, Puerto Rican basketball player *

Carla Cotwright-Williams Carla Denise Cotwright-Williams (born November 6) is an American mathematician who works as a Technical Director & Data Scientist for the United States Department of Defense. She was the second African-American woman to earn a doctorate in mathe ...

, African-American mathematician *

Carla Couto Carla Sofia Basilio Couto is a Portuguese former football striker who played for several clubs in the Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino. In season 2011–12 she represented SS Lazio in Italy's Serie A. A member of the Portugal national ...

, Portuguese football striker *

Carla Cunningham Carla D. Cunningham (born January 12, 1962) is an American Democratic politician. She has served as a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from the 106th district since 2012. Education and career She was born in Wadesboro, Nor ...

(born 1963), American politician *

Carla Del Poggio Carla Del Poggio (2 December 1925 – 14 October 2010) was an Italian cinema, theatre, and television actress. Biography Born Maria Luisa Attanasio in Naples, she was the wife of Italian director Alberto Lattuada for 60 years, from 2 April 194 ...

, Italian cinema, theatre, and television actress *

Carla Del Ponte Carla Del Ponte (born February 9, 1947) is a former Chief Prosecutor of two United Nations international criminal law tribunals. A former Swiss attorney general, she was appointed prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former ...

, Chief Prosecutor at two United Nations international criminal law tribunals * Carla Duff, brazilian waxer *

Carla Dunlap Carla Dunlap-Kaan (born October 22, 1954) is a professional American female bodybuilding champion. Early life and education Dunlap was born in 1954, in Newark, New Jersey. She started competing in sports with gymnastics at age 10. She later c ...

, American bodybuilding champion. *

Carla Dziwoki Carla Dziwoki (born 29 August 1982) is a former Australian netball player. Dziwoki played with the Queensland Firebirds in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy. She played for Team Northumbria in the 2008–09 Netball Superleague for the . She also ...

, Australian netball player * Carla J. Easton, Scottish singer-songwriter *

Carla Emery Carlotta Louise Harshbarger Emery DeLong (January 19, 1939 – October 11, 2005) was an American writer and encyclopedist. Biography Emery was born in Los Angeles where her parents had gone in search of employment after being displaced fr ...

DeLong, American author *

Carla Estrada Carla Estrada (born Carla Patricia Estrada Guitrón on March 11, 1956 in Mexico City, D.F., Mexico) is a Mexican television producer, one of the foremost telenovela producers of Latin America. Biography In 2005, the Mexican government decided t ...

, Latin American telenovela producer *

Carla Fracci Carolina "Carla" Fracci (; 20 August 1936 – 27 May 2021) was an Italian ballet dancer, actress and ballet director. Considered one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century, she was a leading dancer of La Scala Theatre Ballet in Milan, th ...

, ballet dancer and actress * Carla Garapedian, documentary filmmaker * Carla Gavazzi, Italian operatic soprano *

Carla Geurts Carla Geurts (born 20 April 1971) is a former Dutch freestyle swimmer who competed at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, and the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia for the Netherlands. Geurts won three silver medals during her ...

, freestyle swimmer * Carla Giuliano, Italian politician *

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), '' Esterina ...

, Italian film actress *

Carla Gugino Carla Gugino (; born August 29, 1971) is an American actress. After appearing in ''Troop Beverly Hills'' (1989) and ''This Boy's Life'' (1993), she received recognition for her starring roles as Ingrid Cortez in the ''Spy Kids'' trilogy (2001� ...

, American actress *

Carla Hall Carla Hall (born May 12, 1964) is an American chef, television personality and former model. She appeared in the fifth and eighth seasons of ''Top Chef'', Bravo's cooking competition show. She was a cohost on ''The Chew'', a one-hour talk sh ...

, American chef *

Carla Harryman Carla Harryman (born January 11, 1952) is an American poet, essayist, and playwright often associated with the Language poets. She teaches Creative Writing at Eastern Michigan University and serves on the MFA faculty of the Milton Avery School of t ...

, American poet, essayist, and playwright *

Carla Anderson Hills Carla Anderson Hills (born January 3, 1934) is an American lawyer and a public figure. A member of the Republican Party, she previously served as the 5th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Gerald Ford from 197 ...

, American lawyer *

Carla Howell Carla Howell (born 1955) is an American politician, small government advocate and activist. She was the Libertarian Party of Massachusetts candidate for Massachusetts State Auditor in 1998, U.S. Senate in 2000, and Governor in 2002. She then serv ...

, President of the Center For Small Government * Carla Humphries, commercial model and actress in the Philippines *

Carla Jimenez Carla Jimenez (born May 14, 1974 in Westwood, Los Angeles, California) is an American television and film actress. Career She has had roles in series such as ''Lincoln Heights (TV series), Lincoln Heights'', ''My Name Is Earl'' and ''Little Br ...

, American television and film actress *

Carla Kelly Carla Sue Kelly (born 1947) is an American writer in the Regency romance genre. She is the author of over forty books and short stories. Her books are what romance readers call "keepers," i.e. books they keep in their private collections, and acc ...

, American romance writer * Carla Khan, Pakistan squash player *

Carla Kihlstedt Carla Kihlstedt (born 1971) is an American composer, violinist, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist, originally from Lancaster, Pennsylvania and currently working from a home studio on Cape Cod. She is a founding member of Tin Hat Trio (1997, ...

, American violinist, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist *

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 S ...

, Brazilian ballet dancer * Carla Laemmle, American actress *

Carla Lane Romana Barrack (5 August 1928 – 31 May 2016), known professionally as Carla Lane, was an English television writer responsible for several successful British sitcoms, including '' The Liver Birds'' (co-creator, 1969–1979), ''Butterflies'' (1 ...

, pseudonym of Romana Barrack, an English television writer *

Carla Lehmann Carla Lehmann (26 February 1917 – 1 December 1990) was a Canadian-born stage, film and television actress. Career Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in Canada, Lehmann was the youngest of the five children of Dr Julius Lehmann and Elsa Hillerns. Sh ...

, Canadian film and television actress *

Carla Lockhart Carla Rebecca Lockhart (born 28 February 1985) is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician, who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Upper Bann since the 2019 general election. She was previously a Member of the Northern Ireland As ...

(born 1985), British politician *

Carla MacLeod Carla Rae MacLeod (born June 16, 1982) is a retired member of the Canadian national women's hockey team. Through her paternal grandmother, MacLeod is related to former Montreal Canadiens legend Maurice Richard. Playing career MacLeod was born ...

, retired Canadian national women's hockey player *

Carla Marins Carla Cristina Marins (born 7 June 1968) is a Brazilian actress. Career It was at school that she discovered her calling. Marins, since childhood kept saying she wanted to be a pediatrician, but she would really love to act. She realized that ...

, Brazilian actress *

Carla McGhee Carla Renee McGhee (born March 6, 1968 in Peoria, Illinois) is an American former basketball player most notable for her career at the University of Tennessee. She was injured in a car crash in 1987 and was in a coma for 47 hours, suffering bra ...

, American basketball player * Carla Speed McNeil, American science fiction writer, cartoonist, and illustrator *

Carla Mendonça Carla Mendonça (born 1961) in Coventry, Warwickshire is a British actress. She is known for playing Orla Crawshaw in ''Coronation Street'', Sophie Johnson in the CITV children's sitcom ''My Parents Are Aliens'' (2001–2006) and Mrs. Fitzgeral ...

, English actress * Carla Mercier, environmental physicist and Nobel Prize Recipient * Carla Molema, Dutch darts player *

Carla Moreno Carla Moreno (born September 19, 1976 in São Carlos) is an athlete from Brazil, who competes in triathlon. She won the silver medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the pro ...

, Brazilian triathlete *

Carla Morrison Carla Patricia Morrison Flores (born 19 July 1986), known professionally as Carla Morrison, is a Mexican indie-pop guitarist and singer. She has released three studio albums and has received various awards and nominations including two Grammy Aw ...

, Mexican singer, songwriter and guitarist *

Carla Overbeck Carla Werden Overbeck (; born May 9, 1968) is a retired American soccer player and longtime member and captain of the United States women's national soccer team. She is currently an assistant coach of Duke University's women's soccer team, wher ...

, American soccer player * Carla Padilla (born 1988), Bolivian footballer * Carla Padilla Ramos (born 1969), Mexican politician *

Carla Qualtrough Carla Dawn Qualtrough (; born October 15, 1971) is a Canadian politician and former Paralympic swimmer who is the minister of employment, workforce development and disability inclusion since 2019. Qualtrough has sat as the member of Parliamen ...

(born 1971), Canadian politician and former paralympian *

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 * Carla Quint (born 1972), Dutch water polo player * Carla Rahal, Bulgarian actress * Carla Rebecchi, Olympic bronze medalist in field hockey *

Carla Rhodes Carla Rhodes is an American wildlife conservation photographer. Formerly a ventriloquist, comedian, and musician, Rhodes was mentored by Shari Lewis as a teenager.Carla Rueda Cotito, Peruvian volleyball player *

Carla Ruocco Carla Ruocco (born 28 July 1973) is an Italian politician who has been an MP from the Five Star Movement since 2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NS ...

(born 1973), Italian politician * Carla Ryan, professional cyclist from Australia * Carla Sacramento, middle distance runner from Portugal * Carla J. Shatz, American neurobiologist * Carla Sozzani, Italian

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* Carla Stovall, politician and former Attorney General of Kansas *

Carla Suárez Navarro Carla Suárez Navarro (; born 3 September 1988, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) 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 b ...

, Spanish tennis player * Carla Swart, South African cyclist *

Carla Thomas Carla Venita Thomas (born December 21, 1942) is an American singer, who is often referred to as the Queen of Memphis Soul. Thomas is best known for her 1960s recordings for Atlantic and Stax including the hits "Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes)" (1 ...

, Queen of Memphis Soul * Carla Tuzzi, retired Italian hurdler * Carla Ulbrich, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and author * Carla Werner, singer and songwriter from New Zealand * Carla White, 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 Carla Maria Zampatti , (19 May 1942 – 3 April 2021) was an Italian-born Australian fashion designer and businesswoman, and executive chair of the fashion label Carla Zampatti Limited. Background Born in Lovero, Italy in 1942, Zampatti se ...

, fashion designer and businesswoman

Fictional characters

Carla Rosón Carla is the feminized version of Carl, Carlos or Charles, from ''ceorl'' in Old English, which means "free man". Notable people with the name include: * Carla, French singer and former member of the children's music group Kids United * Carla Ab ...

, character interpreting a rich girl from the popular Spain TV show, ''

Elite (TV series) ''Elite'' ( es, Élite) is a Spanish drama television series created for Netflix by Carlos Montero and Darío Madrona. The series is set in Las Encinas, a fictional elite high school and revolves around the relationships between three working-c ...

'' *

Carla Connor Carla Barlow (also Connor and Gordon) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera '' Coronation Street'', played by Alison King. She made her first appearance on screen during the episode airing on 1 December 2006 and introduced ...

, character from the British soap opera, '' Coronation Street'' *

Carla Crozier Carla Summerfield (née Crozier, also known as Leach) is a fictional character on the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street'', who was portrayed by Elisabeth Easther from early 1995 to mid 1996. The character debuted as the sister of establish ...

, character on the New Zealand soap opera ''

Shortland Street ''Shortland Street'' is a New Zealand prime-time soap opera centring on the fictitious Shortland Street Hospital, first broadcast on TVNZ 2 on 25 May 1992. It is New Zealand's longest-running drama and soap opera, being broadcast continuously ...

'' * Carla Espinosa, character from '' Scrubs'' *

Carla Gray Carla Gray is a fictional character from the American soap opera '' One Life to Live'', played by actress Ellen Holly. Carla appeared from October 1968 through December 1980, and from May 1983 through December 1985. Carla was one of the original ...

, character on '' One Life to Live'' *Carla Gunderson, young female Spix's Macaw character from animated movie ''

Rio 2 ''Rio 2'' is a 2014 American 3D computer-animated musical comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios and directed by Carlos Saldanha. It is the sequel to the 2011 computer-animated film ''Rio'' and the second installment of the ''Rio'' franchise. ...

'' * 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 ''Verbotene Liebe'' (, "Forbidden Love") was a German television soap opera created by Reg Watson for Das Erste. The show was set primarily in the German city of Düsseldorf although, at times, the city of Cologne and the Spanish island of Mal ...

, character from the German soap opera ''

Verbotene Liebe ''Verbotene Liebe'' (, "Forbidden Love") was a German television soap opera created by Reg Watson for Das Erste. The show was set primarily in the German city of Düsseldorf although, at times, the city of Cologne and the Spanish island of ...

'' (Forbidden Love) * Carla Yeager, character from the manga and anime '' Attack on Titan

Other

Hurricane Carla Hurricane Carla ranks as the most intense U.S. tropical cyclone landfall on the Hurricane Severity Index. It was the ninth most intense hurricane to make landfall in the U.S. The third named storm of the 1961 Atlantic hurricane season, Carla d ...

, Category 4 Atlantic hurricane in 1961

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