Carlotta

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Carlotta is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Italian given name28K records spelled Carlotta7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, United States, Spain, Argentina

  Languages: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Carlötta, Cârlotta, Càrlòttà

• Russian given name187 records spelled Carlotta7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Italy, Ukraine, Russia

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Карлотта, Karlotta

46 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Carlotta is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Italian, a female given name, equivalent to English Charlotte

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Italian, de Carlo com sufixo feminino singular -otta

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In English, Prankish dynasty of Charlemagne

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In English, Carlovinglan [Caroiingian]

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• Italian form of CHARLOTTE , occasionally used in the English-speaking world.

  as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 143 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorpb. 1759SEnot in their usual nameQueen consort of Sweden and Norway (1759–1818)
• Princess Luisa Carlotta of the Two Siciliesb. 1804ESsecond child of King Francis I and María Isabella of Spain (1804-1844)
• Carlotta Grisib. 1819HRItalian ballet dancer (1819–1899)
• Carlotta Barillib. 1935ITItalian actress
• Carlotta Ikedab. 1941JPJapanese choreographer (1941-2014)
• Carlotta Natolib. 1971ITactress
• Carlotta Antonellib. 1995ITItalian actor
• Carlotta Cambib. 1996ITItalian volleyball player
• Carlotta von Falkenhaynb. 2007German actress
• Carlotta Calorifilm producer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 366 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Carlotta?

We estimate roughly 5.9 thousand people bear Carlotta (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Carlotta have the most bearers?

We estimate about 4.4 thousand people bear Carlotta in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled carlotta.

Where is Carlotta most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Carlotta is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 3.8 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is Carlotta compared with other names?

In Guyana, Carlotta is the 199th most common given name of 22,162 given names recorded there.

Is Carlotta a male or female name?

Carlotta is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Carlotta mean?

Recorded meaning: Italian form of }Charlotte (see main dictionary).