Carlos (name)
Carlos is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the male given name Karl and a family name .
For the feminine form of the first name see: Karla .
Origin and meaning of the name
Carlos is the Portuguese and Spanish form of the male given name Karl or Carl . Karl was derived from the Old High German "karal" and means " man " , "husband" .
name day
For the name days see: Karl
variants
The Catalan form of the name, which is also used in Spain, is Carles ; for the other variants see under Karl .
Name bearer
First name
- Carlos Acosta (* 1973), Cuban ballet dancer and choreographer
- Carlos Alberto Alves Garcia (* 1982), Portuguese soccer player, see Carlitos (soccer player, 1982)
- Carlos Alvarado Lang (1905–1961), Mexican graphic artist
- Carlos Ascues (* 1992), Peruvian soccer player
- Carlos Babington (born 1949), Argentinian football player
- Carlos Bilardo (* 1939), Argentine football coach
- Carlos of Bourbon-Sicily (1938–2015), Spanish head of the Royal House of Bourbon-Sicily
- Carlos Cardús (* 1959), Spanish motorcycle racer
- Carlos Castaneda (1925–1998), American anthropologist and writer
- Carlos Castro (1945–2011), Portuguese journalist and writer
- Carlos Castro , Nicaraguan pool player
- Carlos Checa (* 1972), Spanish motorcycle racer
- Carlos Cruz-Diez (1923–2019), Venezuelan artist
- Carlos Cuartas (1940-2011), Colombian chess player
- Carlos Dunga (* 1963), Brazilian soccer player, see Dunga
- Carlos Fernández Gondín (1938–2017), Cuban politician, military and revolutionary
- Carlos Flores Marini (* 1937), Mexican architect and preservationist
- Carlos Fuentes (1928–2012), Mexican writer
- Carlos Galhardo (1913–1985), Brazilian singer
- Carlos Gardini (1948–2017), Argentine writer and translator
- Carlos Girón (1954-2020), Mexican water diver
- Carlos Henriquez (* 1979), American jazz musician
- Carlos Johnson (* 1984), Costa Rican soccer player
- Carlos Kleiber (1930–2004), Austrian-Argentine conductor
- Carlos Leal (* 1969), Swiss actor and rapper
- Carlos Mac Gregor Ancinola (* 1955), Mexican architect
- Carlos Marín (* 1968), Spanish opera and musical singer
- Carlos Mendes (* 1980), American football player
- Carlos Menem (* 1930), Argentine politician, president from 1989 to 1999
- Carlos Mérida (1891–1984), Guatemalan-Mexican artist
- Carlos Mijares Bracho (1930–2015), Mexican architect
- Carlos Mortensen (* 1972), Spanish poker player
- Carlos Núñez (* 1971), Spanish musician
- Carlos Núñez (* 1992), Uruguayan football player
- Carlos Obregón Santacilia (1896–1961), Mexican architect
- Carlos Oliva Castillo (* 1974), alleged Mexican criminal
- Carlos Orozco Romero (1896–1984), Mexican artist
- Carlos Parra (* 1977), American football player and youth coach
- Carlos Alberto Parreira (* 1943), Brazilian soccer coach
- Carlos Pena (* 1989) American actor, dancer and singer
- Carlos Pintado (* 1974), Cuban-American poet, writer and journalist
- Carlos Reutemann (* 1942), Argentine automobile racing driver
- Carlos Sainz (* 1962), Spanish rally driver
- Carlos Salcido (* 1980), Mexican soccer player
- Carlos Santana (born 1947), Mexican rock guitarist
- Carlos Spencer (* 1975), New Zealand rugby player
- Carlos Tenorio (* 1979), Ecuadorian soccer player
- Carlos Tévez (* 1984), Argentinian football player
- Carlos Trillo (1943–2011), Argentine comic book writer
- Carlos Valderrama (born 1961), Colombian football player
- Carlos Vinícius (* 1995), Brazilian soccer player
- Carlos Mauricio Valenti Perrillat (1888–1912), French-Guatemalan artist
- Carlos Wyld Ospina (1891–1956), Guatemalan writer
See also:
family name
- Adelino da Palma Carlos (1905–1992), Portuguese lawyer and politician
- Alberto Carlos (* 1960), East Timorese politician and diplomat
- Ana Fani Alessandri Carlos , Brazilian geographer
- Bob Carlos Clarke (1950–2006), Irish-British photographer
- Cayo Marqués de San Carlos Quiñones de León (1819–1898), Spanish diplomat
- Cleonésio Carlos da Silva (* 1976), Brazilian soccer player
- Francisco David Xavier Carlos , East Timorese politician
- Joan Carlos y Amat (1572–1642), Catalan doctor and guitarist, see Juan Carlos Amat
- João Carlos dos Santos (* 1972), Brazilian soccer player
- John Carlos (* 1945), American athlete
- Juan Carlos (soccer player, 1990) ( Juan Carlos Pérez López ; * 1990), Spanish soccer player
- Laurie Carlos (1949–2016), American performance artist, actress and artistic director
- Luíz Carlos (* 1985), Brazilian soccer player
- Roberto Carlos (musician) (* 1941), Brazilian musician
- Wendy Carlos (* 1939), American composer
pseudonym
- Carlos (singer) (1943-2008), French singer
- Don Carlos (actually Eurin Spencer ; * 1952), Jamaican singer, member of Black Uhuru
- Ilich Ramírez Sánchez (* 1949), Venezuelan terrorist
- Óscar Osvaldo García Montoya (* 1974/1975), alleged Mexican criminal
- Carlos, person in the Swiss legal case «Carlos»
See also
- Carlos (film) , western by Hans W. Geissendörfer
- Carlos de Austria
Individual evidence
- ↑ Carlos on behindthename.com (English)