Carla is the feminized version of Carl, Carlos or Charles, from ceorl in Old English, which means "free man".

People

Stage name

Carla is a stage name notably used by:

• Carla Georges (born 2003), French singer, former member of the children's music group Kids United

• Carla Lazzari (born 2005), French singer, French representative at the 2019 Junior Eurovision

Other

Other notable people with the name include:

• 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, organist and bandleader

• Carla Bonner (born 1973), Australian actress

• Carla Borrego (born 1983), Jamaican basketball and netball player

• Carla Boyce (born 1998), Scottish footballer

• Carla Boyd (born 1975), retired Australian basketball player with 2 Olympic medals

• Carla Bozulich (born 1965), lead singer, lyricist and founder of The Geraldine Fibbers

• Carla Bruni (born 1967), Italian-French singer, songwriter and former model

• Carla Cassidy, American romance novelist

• Carla Koplin Cohn, American secretary, personal assistant to Hank Aaron, Baseball Hall of Fame player.

• Carla Cook, jazz vocalist

• Carla Cortijo (born 1987), Puerto Rican basketball player

• Carla Cotwright-Williams (born 1973), African-American mathematician

• Carla Couto (born 1974), Portuguese football striker

• Carla Cunningham (born 1963), American politician

• Carla Del Poggio (1925–2010), Italian cinema, theatre, and television actress

• Carla Del Ponte (born 1947), Chief Prosecutor at two United Nations international criminal law tribunals

• Carla Dunlap (born 1954), American bodybuilding champion.

• Carla Dziwoki (born 1982), Australian netball player

• Carla J. Easton, Scottish singer-songwriter

• Carla Emery DeLong (1939–2005), American author

• Carla Estrada (born 1956), Latin American telenovela producer

• Carla Fracci (1936–2021), ballet dancer and actress

• Carla Garapedian (born 1961), documentary filmmaker

• Carla Gavazzi (1913–2008), Italian operatic soprano

• Carla Geurts (born 1971), freestyle swimmer

• Carla Giuliano (born 1983), Italian politician

• Carla Gravina (born 1941), Italian film actress

• Carla Guevara Laforteza (born 1975), Filipino musical theater actress

• Carla Gugino (born 1971), American actress

• Carla Hall (born 1964), American chef

• Carla Harryman (born 1952), American poet, essayist, and playwright

• Carla Anderson Hills (born 1934), American lawyer

• Carla Howell, President of the Center For Small Government

• Carla Humphries (born 1988), commercial model and actress in the Philippines

• Carla Jimenez (born 1974), American television and film actress

• Carla Kelly, American romance writer

• Carla Khan (born 1981), Pakistan squash player

• Carla Kihlstedt, American violinist, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist

• Carla Körbes, Brazilian ballet dancer

• Carla Laemmle (1909–2014), American actress

• Carla Lane (1928–2016), pseudonym of Romana Barrack, an English television writer

• Carla Lehmann (1917–1990), Canadian film and television actress

• Carla Lockhart (born 1985), British politician

• Carla MacLeod (born 1982), retired Canadian national women's hockey player

• Carla Marins (born 1968), Brazilian actress

• Carla Marlier (born 1938), French actress and model

• Carla Martinez (born 1956), Filipino actress and singer

• Carla McGhee (born 1968), American basketball player

• Carla Speed McNeil (born 1969), American science fiction writer, cartoonist, and illustrator

• Carla Mendonça (born 1964), English actress

• Carla Molema (born 1988), Dutch darts player

• Carla Moreno (born 1976), Brazilian triathlete

• Carla Morrison (born 1986), Mexican singer, songwriter and guitarist

• Carla Nunes, Brazilian footballer

• Carla Overbeck (born 1968), American soccer player

• Carla Padilla (born 1988), Bolivian footballer

• Carla Padilla Ramos (born 1969), Mexican politician

• Carla Qualtrough (born 1971), Canadian politician and former paralympian

• Carla Quevedo (born 1988), Argentinian actress and designer

• Carla Quint (born 1972), Dutch water polo player

• Carla Rebecchi (born 1984), Olympic bronze medalist in field hockey

• Carla Rhodes (born 1982), American ventriloquist, comedian and musician

• Carla Rueda Cotito (born 1990), Peruvian volleyball player

• Carla Ruocco (born 1973), Italian politician

• Carla Ryan (born 1985), professional cyclist from Australia

• Carla Sacramento (born 1971), middle distance runner from Portugal

• Carla J. Shatz, American neurobiologist

• Carla Shibley, Canadian para-cyclist

• Carla Maria da Silva, Brazilian footballer

• Carla Sinopoli, American anthropologist

• Carla Sozzani, Italian art dealer

• Carla Stovall (born 1957), politician and former Attorney General of Kansas

• Carla Suárez Navarro (born 1988), Spanish tennis player

• Carla Swart (1987–2011), South African cyclist

• Carla Thomas (born 1942), Queen of Memphis Soul

• Carla Tuzzi (born 1967), retired Italian hurdler

• Carla Ulbrich, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and author

• Carla Van Zon, New Zealand artistic director

• Carla Werner, singer and songwriter from New Zealand

• Carla White (1951–2007), 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 (1938–2021), fashion designer and businesswoman

Fictional characters

• Carla Connor, character from the British soap opera, Coronation Street

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

• Carla Espinosa, character from Scrubs

• Carla Gray, character on One Life to Live

• Carla Gunderson, young female Spix's Macaw character from animated movie Rio 2

• 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, character from the German soap opera Verbotene Liebe (Forbidden Love)

• Lola and Carla, two characters from Sega's Joypolis

Other

• Hurricane Carla, Category 4 Atlantic hurricane in 1961

See also

• Calla (name)

• Carli (given name)

• Carly (name)

• Charla (name)

• Karla (name)

• Carlia S. Westcott

References