Carla
[ˈkɑːr.lə]Meaning
feminine form of Carlo, Carlos or Carl, from Old English ceorl, "free man"
Background Story
Carla is the feminine form of Carlo, Carlos or Carl, and also of Charles; the root goes back to ceorl, an Old English word meaning "free man". In English the name came from German and Italian, and can be analysed as Carl with the suffix -a. It is used in Afrikaans, Belarusian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Irish, Latvian and Lithuanian.
Variations
Carla, Carole, Karla
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