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