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Carla

American  
[kahr-luh] / ˈkɑr lə /

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Caroline.


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Carla is glad she's open with her teenagers and feels they can discuss things with her - even if she sometimes struggles with the meaning.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

De Miguel is survived by his daughter, Carla de Miguel Fernandez, who was born in 2025.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Cutting links with a party she first joined as a teenager was a big call for Carla Lockhart.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

“Every month we’d have a hiatus on ‘Scrubs’ and every month, I’d head back east,” says Reyes, who plays head nurse Carla Espinosa on the ABC medical dramedy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

My older sister, Carla, and my cousin Lucinda, the two oldest cousins, had a giggly, gossipy girlfriendship that made everyone else feel left out.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

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