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Karla

Female#160 most common in Croatia6,523 people in Croatia
Meaning:
Free woman (feminine of Karlo)
Origin:
Germanic

About the name Karla

The feminine form of Karlo (Charles), from a Germanic root meaning 'free'. A fashionable modern name in Croatia.

Popularity with newborns

  • Girls · 2025 · 97 births · #48 that year
Position on the annual list
Karla — Position on the annual list#27#31#36#40#45#49201720182019202020212022202320242025

Positions come from the annual top 50 published for each sex. A gap in the line means the name finished below 50th that year, not that no child was given it.

People with this name in Croatia

6,523 people in Croatia are called Karla, according to the 2021 census. That is #160 among all the names in Imenko.

Where the name is found

Karla is recorded in every Croatian county.

Characteristics

ClassicInternationalModerately common

Sources

Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.