Mila
Meaning of Mila
Mila (MEE-lah) began in the Slavic world as a pet form of Milena and Ludmila, all spun from the root mil, “gracious” or “dear.” Now she dances across cultures with Latin flair, sounding just as breezy in Spanish as in English or Russian. Two crisp syllables, easy to spell, hard to forget. Actress Mila Kunis helped shine the spotlight, and American parents responded—this little charmer rocketed from the fringes in the ’90s to brush the Top 20 in recent years. Say it aloud and you hear a smile; picture it written and you feel a heartbeat. Mila is a pocket-size love note, sweet, uncomplicated, and forever ready to turn an ordinary day into un pequeño milagro, a tiny miracle.
Pronunciation
Russian
- Pronunced as MEE-lah (/miːla/)
American English
- Pronunced as MEE-luh (/ˈmilə/)
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Notable People Named Mila
| Born in Ukraine and raised in Los Angeles, Mila Kunis is an American actress known for playing Jackie Burkhart on That 70s Show and voicing Meg Griffin on Family Guy. |
| Mila Tupper Maynard was an American Unitarian minister, writer, and social reformer who championed women’s suffrage and is believed to be Nevada’s first female minister. |
| Mila Manes, known as MILA, is an Argentine singer and songwriter best known for No me haces falta, selected for the 2023 Vina del Mar International Song Festival, and for her 2021 debut album El sueno de Mila. |
| Mila Racine was a French Jewish resistance member who smuggled Jewish children from France to safety in Switzerland during World War II. |
