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Carla Tristán
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 Lazzari (born 2005), French singer and former member of the children's music group Kids United * Carla Abellana (born 1986), Filipina actress and commercial model * Carla Angola, Venezuelan journalist and television presenter * Carla Azar, drummer and singer for the band Autolux * Carla Baratta, (born 1990), Venezuelan actress, model, and artist. * Carla Barbarella, (born 1940), Italian politician * Carla Barbarino (born 1967), retired Italian sprinter and hurdler * Carla Beck, Canadian politician * Carla Berrocal (born 1983), Spanish comics illustrator * Carla Berube (born 1975), American college basketball coach * Carla Beurskens (born 1952), prominent long-distance runner from the Netherlands * Carla Blank, American choreographer, writer, and editor * Carla Bley (1936–2023), American jazz composer, pianist, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was ''Churl, Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinisation of names, Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as ''Carolus (other), Carolus''. Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as wikt:churl, churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its deprecating sense in the Middle English period. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch language, Dutch and German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |