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Carla is the feminized version of Carl, Carlos or Charles, from ceorl in Old English, which means "free man". [1]

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  1. Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford paperback reference. Oxford University Press. p. 108. ISBN   978-0-19-861060-1. OCLC   67869278 . Retrieved 2018-12-06.