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 ''*k ...

, 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 Abellana, Filipina actress and commercial model *

Carla Azar Carla Azar is an American drummer from Huntsville, Alabama and member of the band Autolux. She also plays guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, and sings. Azar played drums on Jack White's albums '' Blunderbuss'', ''Lazaretto'', and '' Boarding Hous ...

, drummer and singer for the band

Autolux Autolux is an American alternative rock band consisting of Eugene Goreshter (vocals, bass), Greg Edwards (vocals, guitar, piano) and Carla Azar (drums, vocals). The trio formed in 2001 and have released three full-length albums, ''Future Perfect' ...

Carla Barbarino Carla Barbarino ( Lodi, 16 May 1967) is an Italian former sprinter (400 m) and hurdler (400 m hs). Biography She won the national championships four times. She has been the coach of Italian hurdler Manuela Gentili since 2004. National records ...

, retired Italian sprinter and hurdler * Carla Beck, Canadian politician *

Carla Berrocal Carla Berrocal (born 1983) is a Spanish comics illustrator. She is the president of the Professional Association of Illustrators of Madrid and one of the promoters of the Comic Authors' Collective. Biography Berrocal graduated from the and start ...

(born 1983), Spanish comics illustrator * Carla Berube, American college basketball coach * Carla Beurskens, prominent long-distance runner from the Netherlands *

Carla Blank Carla Blank is an American writer, editor, educator, choreographer, and dramaturge. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, for more than four decades she has been a performer, director, and teacher of dance and theater, particularly involved with y ...

, American choreographer, writer, and editor *

Carla Bley Carla Bley (born Lovella May Borg; May 11, 1936) is an American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader. An important figure in the free jazz movement of the 1960s, she is perhaps best known for her jazz opera '' Escalator over the Hill'' ...

, American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader * Carla Bonner, 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 (born 1998), Scottish footballer *

Carla Boyd Carla Maree Boyd (; born 31 October 1975, in Wynyard, Tasmania) is an Australian former professional basketball player in the WNBA as a forward for the Detroit Shock. She won a bronze (1996) and a silver (2000) medal with the Austral ...

, retired Australian basketball player with 2 Olympic medals * Carla Bozulich, lead singer, lyricist and founder of

The Geraldine Fibbers The Geraldine Fibbers were an alt-country band founded in 1994 by Carla Bozulich. Initially, band members included Bozulich, Daniel Keenan, Julie Fowells, William Tutton and Kevin Fitzgerald.Strong, Martin C.:"The Great Alternative & Indie Discog ...

* Carla Bruni, Italian-French singer, songwriter and former model *

Carla Cassidy Carla Cassidy, née Carla Bracale (born in Kansas, U.S.) is an American writer of over 80 romance novels since 1988. She initially signed her novels as Carla Bracale (her maiden name); now as Carla Cassidy (her married name). She also penned a ...

, 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. Easton Carla Jennifer Easton (born 1985) is a Scottish singer-songwriter from Carluke, Scotland. Easton has been a member of the bands Futuristic Retro Champions and TeenCanteen and currently is the keyboard player for The Vaselines while also pursui ...

, Scottish singer-songwriter * Carla Emery DeLong, American author * Carla Estrada, Latin American telenovela producer * Carla Fracci, ballet dancer and actress *

Carla Garapedian Carla Garapedian ( hy, Քարլա Կարապետեան) (born 27 February 1961) is a filmmaker, director, writer and broadcaster. She directed ''Children of the Secret State'' about North Korea and was an anchor for BBC World News. After leaving ...

, documentary filmmaker *

Carla Gavazzi Carla Gavazzi (26 February 1913 in Bergamo – 25 May 2008 in Milan) was an Italian operatic soprano, largely based in Italy, and particularly associated with the verismo repertory. Carla Gavazzi was one of many talented Italian sopranos from t ...

, Italian operatic soprano * Carla Geurts, freestyle swimmer *

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 known as Castel ...

, 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, 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, President of the Center For Small Government *

Carla Humphries Madeleine Lauren Humphries (born May 20, 1988), known professionally as Madeleine Humphries and formerly as Carla Humphries is an American-born Filipino actress and commercial model. Humphries is best known for her roles as Rita Arguelles in the ...

, commercial model and actress in the Philippines * Carla Jimenez, American television and film actress * Carla Kelly, American romance writer *

Carla Khan Carla Khan (Urdu: کارلا خان; born 18 August 1981) is a British Pakistani professional Squash (sport), squash player. She is the granddaughter of Azam Khan (squash player), Azam Khan, one of the legends of squash in Pakistan and daughter ...

, Pakistan squash player * Carla Kihlstedt, American violinist, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist * Carla Körbes, Brazilian ballet dancer *

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, American actress * Carla Lane, 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 Asse ...

(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, American basketball player *

Carla Speed McNeil Carla Speed McNeil is an American science fiction writer, cartoonist, and illustrator of comics, best known for the science fiction comic book series '' Finder''. Career McNeil's chief work is the ongoing science fiction comic series '' Finder'', ...

, American science fiction writer, cartoonist, and illustrator * Carla Mendonça, English actress *

Carla Mercier 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 ...

, environmental physicist and Nobel Prize Recipient *

Carla Molema Carla Molema (born 30 November 1988) is a Dutch former darts player. Career In 2007, Molema became the youngest player at the Women's World Darts Championship, aged 18. She lost in the quarter finals to Trina Gulliver. She had previously reach ...

, Dutch darts player * Carla Moreno, Brazilian triathlete * Carla Morrison, 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 Blue Devils, Duke University's women's s ...

, American soccer player *

Carla Padilla Carla Patricia Padilla Eve (born 9 May 1988) is a Bolivian footballer who played as a midfielder for the Bolivia women's national team. Early life Padilla hails from the Santa Cruz Department. International career Padilla represented Bolivia ...

(born 1988), Bolivian footballer *

Carla Padilla Ramos Carla Alicia Padilla Ramos (born 6 May 1969) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the PVEM. As of 2013 she served as Deputy of the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress The LXII Legislature of the Congress of Mexico met from September 1, ...

(born 1969), Mexican politician * Carla Qualtrough (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 Cornelia Antonia "Carla" Quint (born 22 September 1972) was a Dutch female water polo player. She was a member of the Netherlands women's national water polo team. She competed with the team at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She was also part of the ...

(born 1972), Dutch water polo player *

Carla Rahal Carla Mounzer Rahal ( bg, Карла Мунзер Рахал, ar, كارلا رحال) is a Bulgarian actress of Arab descent born in Dubai, UAE. Carla Rahal is mostly known for her roles in the "National Theater of Bulgaria". Carla is also a po ...

Bulgarian Bulgarian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria * Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group * Bulgarian language, a Slavic language * Bulgarian alphabet * A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria * Bul ...

actress *

Carla Rebecchi Carla Rebecchi (born 7 September 1984) is an Argentine field hockey player who won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London with the Argentina national field hockey tea ...

, 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 Carla Rueda Cotito (born April 19, 1990 in Chincha, Peru) is a Peruvian volleyball player who plays for the Peru national team. Rueda represented her country at the 2006 and 2010 World Championships. Clubs * Sporting Cristal (2006) * Vo ...

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 NSA ...

(born 1973), Italian politician *

Carla Ryan Carla Ryan (born 21 September 1985) is a former Australian professional racing cyclist. She was previously a distance runner before taking up cycling in 2005 as a result of a Queensland Academy of Sport talent ID programme. She has won multiple ...

, professional cyclist from Australia *

Carla Sacramento Carla Cristina Paquete Sacramento OIH (born 10 December 1971 in São Sebastião da Pedreira) is a middle distance runner from Portugal. Biography Sacramento won medals at a variety of distances but her speciality is the 1500 m. She won ...

, middle distance runner from Portugal *

Carla J. Shatz Carla J. Shatz (born 1947) is an American neurobiologist and an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Academy of Medicine. She was the ...

, American

neurobiologist A neuroscientist (or neurobiologist) is a scientist who has specialised knowledge in neuroscience, a branch of biology that deals with the physiology, biochemistry, psychology, anatomy and molecular biology of neurons, neural circuits, and glial c ...

Carla Sozzani Carla Sozzani (born 1947) is an Italian book and magazine editor, gallerist and businesswoman. She founded Galleria Carla Sozzani in 1989 and is the creator of 10 Corso Como art/fashion establishment in Milan. Early life and education Sozzani wa ...

, Italian art dealer *

Carla Stovall Carla J. Stovall (born March 18, 1957, Hardtner, Kansas) - also known as Carla Stovall Steckline - is a Republican politician from Marion, Kansas who served as Attorney General of the State of Kansas from 1995 to 2003. During her tenure, she ...

, politician and former Attorney General of Kansas * Carla Suárez Navarro, Spanish tennis player *

Carla Swart Carla Swart (26 November 1987 – 19 January 2011) was a South African cyclist who won nineteen individual and team cycling titles. She was a professional cyclist, riding for HTC–Highroad Women in 2011. Swart moved to the United States in ...

, South African cyclist * Carla Thomas, Queen of Memphis Soul *

Carla Tuzzi Carla Tuzzi (born 2 June 1967 in Frascati) is an Italian former hurdler, who best result at international individual senior level was the 5th place in the final of the 1994 European Indoor Championships with the new national record. Career Sh ...

, retired Italian hurdler *

Carla Ulbrich Carla Ulbrich is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, author, and self-described "professional smart aleck" from Clemson, South Carolina. Career Humorous songwriter Carla Ulbrich started out at age 9 as a classical guitarist, inspired by h ...

, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and author *

Carla Werner Carla Werner is a singer and songwriter from New Zealand who began her music career at age 11. At age 12 she won the New Zealand Junior Entertainer of the Year for country music, and went on to win the junior category of New Zealand's first televis ...

, singer and songwriter from New Zealand *

Carla White Carla Ruth White (September 15, 1951 – May 9, 2007) was an American jazz vocalist. Biography White was born in Oakland, California, and raised in New York City, where she studied jazz dance. She began singing and acting in high school. She mov ...

, American jazz vocalist *

Carla Witte Carla Witte (20 May 1889 – 8 May 1943) was a German Uruguayan, German-Uruguayan painter, sculptor, and teacher. Biography Carla Witte was born in Leipzig, a German city in Saxony on 20 May 1889, and studied plastic arts in Berlin. In 1927, sh ...

(1889–1943), German-Uruguayan painter, sculptor, and teacher *

Carla Woodcock Carla Woodcock (born 4 October 1998) is an English actress. Woodcock made her acting debut as Susie Garrett on the Netflix series ''Free Rein'' (2017–2019). She was then cast as Marina Perry in the fourth series of the Channel 4 series ''Ac ...

(born 1998), English actress *

Carla Yules Pricilia Carla Saputri Yules, (born 8 July 1996) better known as Carla Yules is an Indonesian actress, professional chef, TV Host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the title of Miss Indonesia 2020 representing South Sulawesi. ...

(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, character interpreting a rich girl from the popular Spain TV show, '' Elite (TV series)'' * Carla Connor, character from the British soap opera, ''

Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford. Origi ...

'' * Carla Crozier, character on the New Zealand soap opera '' Shortland Street'' *

Carla Espinosa Carla Espinosa, RN is a fictional character in the American comedy-drama '' 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 seasons except three ...

, character from ''

Scrubs Scrub(s) may refer to: * Scrub, low shrub and grass characteristic of scrubland * Scrubs (clothing), worn by medical staff * ''Scrubs'' (TV series), an American television program * Scrubs (occupation), also called "scrub tech," "scrub nurse," o ...

'' *

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 ''One Life to Live'' (often abbreviated as ''OLTL'') is an American soap opera broadcast on the ABC television network for more than 43 years, from July 15, 1968, to January 13, 2012, and then on the internet as a web series on Hulu and iTunes ...

'' *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 The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' in 2006, by order of first appearance. 2006 was a year when many families joined ''EastEnders''. First, Deano Wicks, his sister Carly Wicks and fa ...

, character from the British soap opera, ''

EastEnders ''EastEnders'' is a Television in the United Kingdom, British 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 Ea ...

'' *

Carla Tortelli Carla Maria Victoria Angelina Teresa Apollonia Lozupone Tortelli LeBec, commonly known as Carla Tortelli, is a fictional character in the American television show '' Cheers'', portrayed by Rhea Perlman. Outwardly, at least, Carla is a mean-spiri ...

, waitress on the TV show ''

Cheers ''Cheers'' is an American sitcom television series that ran on NBC from September 30, 1982, to May 20, 1993, with a total of 275 half-hour episodes across 11 seasons. The show was produced by Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions in association w ...

'' *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 ''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 ...

'' (Forbidden Love) *

Carla Yeager 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 ...

, character from the manga and anime ''

Attack on Titan is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama. It is set in a world where humanity is forced to live in cities surrounded by three enormous walls that protect them from gigantic man-eating humanoids referred to as ...

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Hurricane Carla, Category 4 Atlantic hurricane in 1961

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