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Meaning of the nameCarlota

Carlota is a female name, the Portuguese form of Charlotte, a feminine diminutive of Charles (Carlos), a name of Germanic origin linked to the word for 'man'.

Meaning

“form of Charlotte, feminine diminutive of Charles (Carlos), from Germanic 'man'”

Source: Wiktionary: Charlotte · Behind the Name: Charles · Wiktionary: Karl

People (2022)
2,527
Rank in Brazil
#4,391
Median age
67 years
2010 Census
3,825
people

Carlota in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Carlota, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1940s (558 people).

2,508 women 0 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Carlota is most common

States with the highest share of people named Carlota in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Piauí 0.005%
  2. Minas Gerais 0.002%
  3. Rio de Janeiro 0.002%
  4. Rio Grande do Sul 0.002%
  5. Santa Catarina 0.002%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo5480.001%
Minas Gerais3720.002%
Rio de Janeiro2910.002%
Rio Grande do Sul1730.002%
Piauí1590.005%
Santa Catarina1230.002%
Paraná1170.001%
Espírito Santo970.003%
Bahia960.001%
Ceará950.001%
Pará690.001%
Maranhão580.001%
Goiás560.001%
Pernambuco440.001%
Amazonas430.001%
Mato Grosso330.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul330.001%
Tocantins280.002%
Distrito Federal220.001%
Rondônia180.001%
Roraima170.003%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Carlota

Wiktionary records Carlota as a Portuguese proper name equivalent to Charlotte, which it describes as a feminine diminutive of Charles; Behind the Name calls Carlota the Spanish and Portuguese form of Charlotte. According to Behind the Name, Charles is a form of Latin Carolus, from Germanic Karl, a word said to have come from a term for 'man' (the site also records the hypothesis of harjaz, 'army'); Wiktionary gives the Proto-Germanic *karlaz the sense of 'free man'. Carlos, in Portuguese, comes from Latin Carolus and is a doublet of Charles. The meaning is therefore that of the base name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,527 people named Carlota, with a median age of 67; proportionally, it is most common in Piauí.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Carlota · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Wiktionary: Charlotte · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Behind the Name: Carlota · behindthename.com · origin
  4. Behind the Name: Charles · behindthename.com · meaning
  5. Wiktionary: Carlos · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  6. Wiktionary: Karl · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  7. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Carlota · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Carlota

What does the name Carlota mean?

Carlota means “form of Charlotte, feminine diminutive of Charles (Carlos), from Germanic 'man'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Carlota in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,527 people with the first name Carlota, which ranks it number 4,391 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1940s.

Is Carlota a boy's or a girl's name?

Carlota is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,508 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Carlota?

Carlota is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Carlota most common?

Proportionally, in Piauí: 0.005% of the state's population is named Carlota (159 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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