Mila (given name)
Gender | Female |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Slavic, Hebrew, Spanish, Arabic, Persian |
Meaning | gracious, dear |
Other names | |
Related names | Ludmiła, Milada, Milena, Milica, Milagros |
Mila (Cyrillic: Мила, Polish: Miła), also Milla, is a female Slavic name originating from Central or Eastern Europe. It is a diminutive of Slavic names beginning or ending with Mila which derived from the element Mil (Мил) meaning "gracious" or "dear".[1] Milla in Hebrew (מילה) means "word". It is also used among the Spanish as a short-hand for Milagros, meaning "miracles". It is also can be used as a short-hand for Camilla.
Notable people[]
- Mila Gojsalić (died 1530), Croatian folk heroine
- Mila Horvat (born 1981), Croatian television host
- Mila Kunis (born 1983), American actress
- Mila Mason (born 1963), American country music artist
- Mila Mulroney (born 1953), Serbian-Canadian campaigner
- Mila Nikolova (1962–2018), Bulgarian mathematician
- Mila, in the Mila affair, subjected to online abuse after criticising Islam
Fictional characters[]
- Mila, appearing in The Music of Dolphins
- Mila, appearing in the Japanese anime Mila Superstar
- Mila (Star Trek), a character from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- Mila, the goddess of Valentia and the sister of Duma in Fire Emblem Gaiden
- Mila (Dead or Alive), a character in the game Dead or Alive 5
- Mila, a character in the game Hotel Dusk: Room 215
- Mila Babicheva, a character in the anime Yuri on Ice
See also[]
- Milla (disambiguation)
- Ludmila (given name)
- Milada (name)
- Milena (name)
- Milagros
- Mile (given name)
References[]
Categories:
- Given names
- Slavic feminine given names
- Croatian feminine given names
- Russian feminine given names
- Serbian feminine given names
- Ukrainian feminine given names
- Arabic feminine given names
- Hebrew feminine given names