How to write “Carla or Karla” in Korean
칼라 kal-la
What Korean friends call you
- 칼라야 kal-la-ya — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
- 칼라 씨 kal-la-ssi — polite: someone you just met, or at work
Calling someone, Koreans add 아 after a final consonant and 야 after a vowel.
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Korean spellings of Carla
- 칼라 16 (100%)
Korean labels of 16 people named Carla on Wikidata (English-speaking countries), October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.
Well-known people named Carla or Karla, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):
- Carla Gugino — 칼라 구지노
- Carla Bley — 칼라 블레이
- Carla Overbeck — 칼라 오버벡
- Carla Hayden — 칼라 헤이든
108,780 babies were named Carla in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 429th most common name.
Block by block
- 칼 = ㅋ + ㅏ + ㄹ · 7 strokes
Also in 칼: Carl 칼 · Scarlett 스칼렛 · Carly 칼리
- 라 = ㄹ + ㅏ · 5 strokes
Also in 라: Nicholas 니콜라스 · Ryan 라이언 · Isabella 이저벨라
칼라 takes 12 strokes in all.
More names: Brandy 브랜디 · Beth 베스 · Melinda 멀린다 · Tanya 타냐 · Ezra 에즈라
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