Carla

Where Carla comes from

From German and Italian Carla. By surface analysis, Carl + -a.
— Wiktionary's entry for Carla
  • Germanic
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Carla through the years
  1. 1890
    First appearance
    #1,338 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1965
    Peak, #76
    4,781 babies named Carla, its best rank.
  3. 1967
    Carla Bruni born
    Italian and French singer, model and spouse of former president of France
  4. 1971
    Carla Gugino born
    American actress
  5. 1975
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #122.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Namesakes
  • Carla Bruni · Italian and French singer, model and spouse of former president of France, born 1967
  • Carla Gugino · American actress, born 1971
  • Carla Del Ponte · International jurist, born 1947
  • Carla Suárez Navarro · Spanish tennis player, born 1988
  • Carla Juri · Swiss actress, born 1985

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.