Entry № 6843 · Slavic origin

Mila Mila — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MEE-lah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Slavic
Meaning
"Gracious, dear"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Slavic)

A name that means "gracious, dear".

Mila is a Slavic name derived from mil, meaning "gracious," "dear," or "pleasant." It is a short form of many longer Slavic names — Milena, Mileva, Bogumila, Ludmila — all built on the same root.

Mila is also used in Spanish as a short form of Milagros (miracles) or Camila.

Slavic warmth in four letters.

The name in its native script.

Mila
Transliteration
Mila
Pronunciation
/ ˈmiː.lə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Mila stands.

Mila does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Milas before her.

Real people
Mila Kunis
Ukrainian-American actress. Known for That '70s Show, Black Swan, and Bad Moms.
born 1983
Mila Jovovich
Ukrainian-American actress and model.
born 1975
In fiction

Names connected to Mila.

The number behind Mila.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Mila reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.