Details for the forename Carla

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Carla (female)


Variants:	Carleen (F) Carlene (F) Caroline (F) Karla (F)
Pet Name(s):	Carley (F) Carlie (F) Carly (F)
Derivative(s):	Carlin (F)
Masculine form:	Carl (M) Carlo (M) Carlos (M) Charles (M)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:	Italian and Spanish feminine version of Charles, Carl or Carlo, from Old German "free man" or from Old English ceorl "man". Carla is also a popular English given name. Karla is the Scandinavian and German spelling.