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Meaning of the nameKarlla

Karlla 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 Karlla is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Carla · Behind the Name: Charles

People (2022)
2,215
Rank in Brazil
#4,778
Median age
29 years
2010 Census
1,245
people

Karlla in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Karlla, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (605 people).

2,207 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 Karlla is most common

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

  1. Goiás 0.005%
  2. Pernambuco 0.002%
  3. Maranhão 0.002%
  4. Minas Gerais 0.001%
  5. Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Goiás3150.005%
Minas Gerais2370.001%
São Paulo2120.001%
Pernambuco2030.002%
Rio de Janeiro1360.001%
Maranhão1230.002%
Ceará890.001%
Alagoas830.003%
Pará820.001%
Bahia800.001%
Paraná770.001%
Paraíba720.002%
Mato Grosso650.002%
Distrito Federal620.002%
Tocantins580.004%
Espírito Santo520.001%
Amazonas450.001%
Rio Grande do Norte450.001%
Piauí420.001%
Santa Catarina390.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul280.001%
Rondônia190.001%
Rio Grande do Sul170.000%
Sergipe150.001%

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

The spelling Karlla

It combines the initial K with a doubled L; in the 2022 Census it appears among people born from the 1960s onward.

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

SpellingPeople (2022)
Carla303,790
Karla53,844
Karlla2,215

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Carla · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: Carolus (Latin) · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  3. Behind the Name: Charles · behindthename.com · meaning
  4. Behind the Name: Carla · behindthename.com · origin
  5. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Carla · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Karlla

What does the name Karlla mean?

Karlla 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 Karlla is a spelling.

How many people are named Karlla in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,215 people with the first name Karlla, which ranks it number 4,778 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Karlla is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,207 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Karlla?

Karlla is a name of Germanic and Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Karlla most common?

Proportionally, in Goiás: 0.005% of the state's population is named Karlla (315 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Karlla?

Carla and Karla. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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