Carla is the feminized version of Carl, Carlos or

Charles Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was " ...

, 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 A ...

, 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 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 (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, 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 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 dep ...

, 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 Scottish w ...

(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 Austra ...

, 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 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 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 mat ...

, 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 nationa ...

, 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, Nort ...

(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 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 pursuin ...

, 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 Bergamo (; lmo, Bèrghem ; from the proto- Germanic elements *''berg +*heim'', the "mountain home") is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and ...

, Italian operatic soprano *

Carla Geurts Carla Geurts (born 20 April 1971) is a former Dutch freestyle swimming, 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 me ...

, 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. See also * List of members of the I ...

, 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, American poet, essayist, and playwright * Carla Anderson Hills, 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 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 player. She is the granddaughter of Azam Khan, one of the legends of squash in Pakistan and daughter of Jacqui Stoter and Wasil Khan. She st ...

, 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, Brazilian ballet dancer *

Carla Laemmle Rebekah Isabelle LaemmleBiodata (with correct birthname)
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, American actress * Carla Lane, pseudonym of Romana Barrack, an English television writer * Carla Lehmann, 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 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 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, 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 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, Manitoba, Canada. Moreno competed at the first Olympic triat ...

, 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 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 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 team ...

, Olympic bronze medalist in field hockey * Carla Rhodes, American ventriloquist, comedian and musician * Carla Rueda Cotito, Peruvian volleyball player * Carla Ruocco (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 multipl ...

, 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 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 relationshi ...

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 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 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, 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 (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 s ...

, 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)'' * 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. Orig ...

'' *

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'' *

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'' * Carla Gray, 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, 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-spirit ...

, 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 Ma ...

'' (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 A ...

, 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 ...

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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