Carla is the feminized version of Carl, Carlos or Charles, from ceorl in Old English, which means "free man". Notable people with the name include : Carla Abellana, a Filipina actress and commercial model Carla Azar, a drummer and singer for the band Autolux Carla Balingit, a Filipina beauty queen Carla Barbarino, a retired Italian sprinter and hurdler Carla Beurskens a prominent long distance runner from the Netherlands Carla Bley, an American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader Carla Bonner, an Australian actress Carla Borrego, a Jamaican basketball and netball player Carla Boyd, a retired Australian basketball player with 2 Olympic medals Carla Bozulich, the lead singer, lyricist and founder of The Geraldine Fibbers Carla Bruni, an Italian-French singer, songwriter and former model Carla Cassidy, an American romance novelist Carla Cook, a jazz vocalist Carla Cortijo, a Puerto Rican basketball player Carla Couto, a Portuguese football striker Carla Del Poggio, an Italian cinema, theatre, and television actress Carla Del Ponte, the Chief Prosecutor at two United Nations international criminal law tribunals Carla Dunlap, an American bodybuilding champion. Carla Dziwoki, an Australian netball player Carla Emery DeLong, an author born in Los Angeles Carla Estrada, one of the foremost telenovela producers of Latin America Carla Fracci, a ballet dancer and actress Carla Garapedian, a documentary filmmaker Carla Gavazzi, an Italian operatic soprano Carla Geurts, a freestyle swimmer Carla Gravina, an Italian film actress Carla Gugino, an American actress Carla Hall, an American chef Carla Harryman, an American poet, essayist, and playwright Carla Anderson Hills, an American lawyer Carla Howell, President of the Center For Small Government Carla Humphries, a commercial model and actress in the Philippines Carla Jimenez, an American television and film actress Carla Kelly, another American romance writer Carla Khan, a Pakistan squash player Carla Kihlstedt, an American violinist, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist Carla Körbes, a Brazilian ballet dancer Carla Laemmle, an American actress Carla Lane, pseudonym of Romana Barrack, an English television writer Carla Lehmann, a Canadian film and television actress Carla MacLeod, a retired Canadian national women's hockey player Carla Marins, a Brazilian actress Carla McGhee, an American basketball player Carla Speed McNeil, an American science fiction writer, cartoonist, and illustrator Carla Mendonça, an English actress Carla Molema, a Dutch darts player Carla Moreno, a Brazilian triathlete Carla Morrison, a Mexican singer, songwriter and guitarist Carla Overbeck, an American soccer player Carla Rahal, a Bulgarian actress Carla Rebecchi, an Olympic bronze medalist in field hockey Carla Rhodes, an American ventriloquist, comedian and musician Carla Rueda Cotito, a Peruvian volleyball player Carla Ryan, a professional cyclist from Australia Carla Sacramento, a middle distance runner from Portugal Carla J. Shatz, an American neurobiologist Carla Sozzani, an Italian art dealer Carla Stovall, a politician and former Attorney General of Kansas Carla Suárez Navarro, a Spanish tennis player Carla Swart, a South African cyclist Carla Thomas, the Queen of Memphis Soul Carla Tuzzi, a retired Italian hurdler Carla Ulbrich, an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and author Carla Werner, a singer and songwriter from New Zealand Carla White, an American jazz vocalist Carla Witte (1889 – 1943), German-Uruguayan painter, sculptor, and teacher Carla Zampatti, a fashion designer and businesswoman