Turtles and tortoises are closely related. They are both reptiles from the same family (Testudines or Chelonian). The main difference between the two is that turtle is the name given to water-dwellers and tortoise is the name given to land-dwellers.
Sharla /shar-la/ [2 sylls.] as a girls' name is of Old German and Hebrew origin, and Sharla means free man; a fertile plain. Sharla is a version of Caroline (Old German). Sharla is also a form of Charlotte (Old German). Sharla is also used as a form of Sharlene (Old German) and Sharon (Hebrew). Kreatif forms: Sharka.
Thurman was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Her forename Uma, Sanskrit à¤à¤®à¤¾, meaning splendour, light, is a name of Parvati, the Hindu goddess of love and fertility.Her father, Robert Alexander Farrar Thurman, is a professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies; an academic and writer, he lived as an ordained Buddhist monk for three years.hurman's first cousin, once removed, is Swedish football player Max von Schlebruegge. SchlebrÃ¼gge thurman is described as having been an awkward and introverted girl who was teased for her tall, frame angular bone, structure enormous feet and unusual (name sometimes using the Name Uma karen instead of her birth). name