Mila - Meaning of Mila

What does Mila mean?

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[ 2 syll. mi-la, mil-a ] The baby girl name Mila is pronounced MIY-Laa- †. Mila's language of origin is Latin and Slavonic, and it is predominantly used in African, Czech, English, Polish, Russian, Slavic, Spanish, and Swahili. Slavonic origin, Czech and Slavic use: It is derived literally from the word mila which is of the meaning 'pleasant, dear'. It represents the transferred use of the vocabulary word as a given name.

In addition, Mila is a contracted form (African, Czech, English, Polish, Russian, Slavic, Spanish, and Swahili) of Emilia.

Mila is also a contracted form (Czech and Slavic) of the English and German Ludmilla.

Mila is also a derivative (English) of the Czech, English, Indian, Italian, and Slavic Milana.

Mila is also a contracted form (Czech and Slavic) of the Czech and Russian Miloslava.

Derivatives of Mila include the names Milah, Milaia, Milaka, Milia, Milla, Millah, and Myla.

See also the related categories, swahili, english, latin, word (element), slavic, pleasant, spanish, czech, polish, vocabulary, and russian.

Mila is a very popular baby name for girls, and it is also regarded as trendy. The name has been rising in popularity since the 2000s; prior to that, it was of only very modest use. At the recent peak of its usage in 2018, 0.440% of baby girls were named Mila. Its ranking then was #14. Out of all girl names in its group, Mila was the most popular in 2018. Mila was twice as popular as the 2nd most popular name, Emilia, in that year.

Baby names that sound like Mila include Mela, Maëlle, Mahale, Mahalle, Mai Ly, Maile, Maili, Mala, Mali, Mallee, Malley, Mallie, Mallo, Malloe, Mallow, Mallowe, Mally, Maloe, Malou, and Malu.

† Pronunciation for Mila: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)"