Carlos (given name)

Carlos

Pronunciation	Spanish: [ˈkarlos]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Old High German
Meaning	"Strong and Manly Warrior"
Region of origin	Germanic
Other names
Related names	Charles, Carlo

Carlos is a masculine given name. It is a Portuguese and Spanish form of Charles. It may refer to:

Royalty

• Carlos I of Portugal (1863–1908), second to last King of Portugal
• Carlos V (1500–1558), Holy Roman Emperor (Karl V) and King of Spain (Carlos I)
• Carlos II of Spain, last Habsburg King in Spain
• Carlos, Prince of Asturias (1545–1568), son of King Philip II
• Infante Carlos, Count of Molina (1788–1855), first of the Carlist claimants to the throne of Spain

People in media

• Carlos (DJ) (born in Swindon, Wiltshire), UK Radio Presenter
• Carlos Caridad-Montero (born 1967) Venezuelan film director
• Carlos Irwin Estévez (Charlie Sheen, born 1965), US-American actor
• Carlos Gutierrez, U.S. Secretary of Commerce
• Carlos Mencia (born 1967), comedian, host of Mind of Mencia on Comedy Central
• Carlos Ray Norris (Chuck Norris, born 1940), US-American actor and martial artist
• Carlos Velasquez (born 1988), grandson of Manuel Velazquez
• Carlos Watson (born 1969), American television host, lawyer, and businessman

People in music

• Carlos Alomar (born 1951), American guitarist, composer and arranger
• Carlos Gardel (1887–1935), prominent figure in the history of tango music
• Carlos Montoya (1903–1993), prominent flamenco guitarist
• Carlos Santana (born 1947), Mexican musician, leader of the band Santana
• Carlos Vives (born 1961), Colombian singer
• Carlos Pena, Jr. (born 1989) American singer, dancer and actor

People in sport

• Carlos Almeida, Angolan basketball player
• Carlos Alzate (born 1983), Colombian track and road cyclist
• Carlos Antonio Muñoz Cobo (born 1961), Spanish football (soccer) player, known as "Carlos"
• Carlos Arroyo (born 1979), Puerto Rican basketball player
• Carlos Beltrán (born 1977), baseball player
• Carlos Berrocal (born 1957), Puerto Rican swimmer
• Carlos Bocanegra (born 1979), American football (soccer) player
• Carlos Luis Campos (born 1980), Venezuelan boxer
• Carlos Cabrera (born 1973), Colombian road cyclist
• Carlos Carreño (born 1973), Spanish volleyball player
• Carly Colón (born 1979), professional wrestler, WWE
• Carlos Condit (born 1984), American mixed martial arts fighter
• Carlos Alberto Contreras (born 1973), Colombian road cyclist
• Carlos Delfino, (born 1982), Argentine NBA basketball player
• Carlos Delgado (born 1972), American baseball player
• Carlos Edwards (born 1978), Trinidad and Tobago football (soccer) player
• Carlos Fernandes (football defender) (born 1978), Portuguese footballer
• Carlos Fernandes (goalkeeper), (born 1979) Portuguese football (soccer) goalkeeper
• Carlos Fonseca (boxer) (born 1955), Brazilian boxer
• Carlos Grueso (born 1975), Ecuadorian football (soccer) player
• Carlos Guirland (born 1968), Paraguayan football (soccer) midfielder
• Carlos Huertas (born June 22 1991) Colombian Racing driver
• Carlos Honorato (born 1974), Brazilian judoka
• Carlos Jaramillo (born 1961), Colombian road cyclist
• Carlos Lee(born 1976), Panamanian left fielder for the Houston Astros
• Carlos López de Silanes (born 1970), Mexican football (soccer) player
• Carlos Maldonado (born 1963), Venezuelan football (soccer) player
• Carlos Moreno (athlete) (born 1967), Chilean track and field sprinter
• Carlos Motta (born 1955), Brazilian judoka
• Carlos Moyà (born 1976), Spanish tennis player
• Carlos Munoz (Racing Driver) (born February 2 1992), a Colombian racing driver
• Carlos Muñoz (Ecuadorian footballer) (1967–1993), Ecuadorian football (soccer) player
• Carlos Nieto (born 1976), Italian-Argentine rugby union player
• Carlos Julian Ortíz (born 1974), Cuban freestyle wrestler
• Carlos Patrício (born 1964), Portuguese long-distance runner
• Carlos Retiz (born 1968), Mexican long-distance runner
• Carlos Ruiz (born 1979), baseball player
• Carlos Sastre (born 1975), Spanish cyclist
• Carlos Alberto Silva (born 1974), Colombian cyclist
• Carlos Soca (born 1969), Uruguayan football (soccer) player
• Carlos Tarazona (born 1966), Venezuelan long-distance runner
• Carlos Teixeira (born 1976), Portuguese volleyball player
• Carlos Tejeda (born 1980), Venezuelan volleyball player
• Carlos Tévez (born 1984), Argentine football (soccer) player
• Carlos Valcarcel (born 1981), Puerto Rican boxer
• Carlos Valderrama (baseball) (born 1977), Venezuelan baseball player
• Carlos Valderrama (footballer) (born 1961), Colombian football (soccer) player known as El Pibe
• Carlos Varela (wrestler) (born 1966), Cuban wrestler
• Carlos Ventosa (born 1971), Spanish backstroke swimmer carlos villanueva = nice cool guy

• Carlos Weber (born 1966), Argentine volleyball player
• Carlos Zambrano (born 1981), American baseball player
• Roberto Carlos (footballer) (born 1973), Brazilian football (soccer) player

Other people

• Carlos Anwandter (1801–1889), German political exile who emigrated to Chile
• Carlos Arroyo (architect), Spanish architect
• Carlos Castaneda (1925–1998), American author
• Carlos Fuentes (born 1928), Mexican writer
• Carlos Gutierrez (born 1953), Cuban American, 35th U.S. Secretary of Commerce and former Chairman of the Board and CEO of the Kellogg Company..
• Carlos Slim Helú (born 1940), Mexican businessman
• Carlos Marighella (1911–1969), leading thinker on urban guerrilla warfare
• Carlos the Jackal (born 1949), a.k.a. Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, Venezuelan-born assassin

Fictional characters

• Carlos (The Magic School Bus), a character from The Magic School Bus series of children's books and movies
• Carlos, the name of Reggie Mantle of the Spanish version of the Archie comics
• Carlos, a henchman to Le Chiffre in the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale; see List of James Bond henchmen in Casino Royale
• Carlos Miyamoto, one of the player characters in the SNES game, Final Fight 2
• Carlos Nieto (Third Watch character), a paramedic in the TV series Third Watch
• Carlos Olivera, one of the two protagonists in Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
• Carlos Solis, a character from Desperate Housewives
• Carlos Vallerte, the character in two of the Power Rangers series

Place names

In the United States:

• Carlos, Maryland, a place in Allegany County
• Carlos, Minnesota, a small city in Douglas County

Other

• Carlos (guitar), a Korean brand of guitar
• Carlos (film), a 1971 German film
• Carlos, a meerkat in the television series Meerkat Manor
• a muscadine (Vitis rotundifolia) cultivar
• Carlos (TV miniseries), a French TV miniseries about Carlos the Jackal