# Carla

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, 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 Duff, Brazilian waxer
* 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 Gallardo (born 1999), Spanish long-distance runner
* 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 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 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 Rahal, Bulgarian actress
* 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 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 (1942–2021), fashion designer and businesswoman
* Carla Pine Normal Person

## 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