Mila

\mi.la\♀French girl's name

At a glance

GenderFeminine
Pronunciation\mi.la\
Also spelledMilla, Myla

Origin and meaning

From a diminutive in many Slavic languages Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, and Serbo-Croatian, etc.) of female given names containing the element Mil-, -mila ("grace, beloved"), such as Ludmila, Milena, Milica, and of the cognates of Emily. Also from Spanish Mila.

Where it is mostly given

  • Italy
  • Spain
  • Switzerland
  • Romania
  • Bulgaria
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Croatia
  • Macedonia
  • Montenegro
  • Serbia
  • Sweden
  • Finland
  • Estonia

Source: Wiktionnaire (CC BY-SA 4.0). Recording: Sayoxime (Haute-Loire (France)), Lingua Libre / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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