Meaning of the nameKarla
Karla is a spelling of the name Carla, which means “feminine form of Carlos, from Germanic Karl, from a word meaning 'man'”.
Meaning
“feminine form of Carlos, from Germanic Karl, from a word meaning 'man'”
Meaning of the name Carla, of which Karla is a spelling.
Source: Wiktionary: Carla · Behind the Name: Charles
- People (2022)
- 53,844
- Rank in Brazil
- #538
- Median age
- 34 years
- 2010 Census
- 40,342
- people
Karla in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Karla, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (16,392 people).
53,647 women 197 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 Karla is most common
States with the highest share of people named Karla in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Espírito Santo 0.048%
- Rio Grande do Norte 0.047%
- Distrito Federal 0.047%
- Pernambuco 0.045%
- Goiás 0.043%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 6,849 | 0.015% |
| Minas Gerais | 6,513 | 0.032% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 4,653 | 0.029% |
| Pernambuco | 4,117 | 0.045% |
| Ceará | 3,128 | 0.036% |
| Goiás | 3,014 | 0.043% |
| Paraná | 2,639 | 0.023% |
| Maranhão | 2,349 | 0.035% |
| Pará | 2,090 | 0.026% |
| Santa Catarina | 2,038 | 0.027% |
| Espírito Santo | 1,853 | 0.048% |
| Bahia | 1,816 | 0.013% |
| Paraíba | 1,632 | 0.041% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 1,548 | 0.047% |
| Amazonas | 1,455 | 0.037% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 1,419 | 0.013% |
| Distrito Federal | 1,315 | 0.047% |
| Alagoas | 1,095 | 0.035% |
| Mato Grosso | 1,016 | 0.028% |
| Piauí | 759 | 0.023% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 726 | 0.026% |
| Sergipe | 670 | 0.030% |
| Tocantins | 451 | 0.030% |
| Rondônia | 235 | 0.015% |
| Roraima | 209 | 0.033% |
| Amapá | 168 | 0.023% |
| Acre | 87 | 0.011% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
The spelling Karla
It swaps the C for K, as in Germanic Karl, which is the basis of Carlos.
About the name Carla
Wiktionary records Carla as a feminine form of Carlos, from Latin Carolus, of Germanic origin. Behind the Name explains that Carolus is the Latin form of the Germanic name Karl, derived from a word meaning 'man', and mentions an alternative theory linking it to the Germanic element harjaz, 'army'. 'Man' is therefore the meaning of the base name Carlos, and Wiktionary points to Carol, Caroline and Carlota as related forms. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 303,790 people named Carla, with a median age of 35; proportionally, the name is most common in Rio de Janeiro. Karla and Karlla are spellings with K; the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Karla among the spelling variants of Carla.
Other spellings of Carla
Sources
- Wiktionary: Carla · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: Carolus (Latin) · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Behind the Name: Charles · behindthename.com · meaning
- Behind the Name: Carla · behindthename.com · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Carla · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Karla
What does the name Karla mean?
Karla means “feminine form of Carlos, from Germanic Karl, from a word meaning 'man'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Carla, of which Karla is a spelling.
How many people are named Karla in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 53,844 people with the first name Karla, which ranks it number 538 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Karla a boy's or a girl's name?
Karla is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 53,647 women and 197 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Karla?
Karla is a name of Germanic and Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Karla most common?
Proportionally, in Espírito Santo: 0.048% of the state's population is named Karla (1,853 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Karla?
Carla and Karlla. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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