Mila

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.

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Mila

1. A female given name from the Slavic languages.
   • 1992, Sally Armstrong, Mila, Macmillan Canada, →ISBN, page 59:

     At the end of the evening―and remember it was a sad occasion―Auntie Fanny says, 'Shoiley, do me a favour, ask Myla'―she never called her Mila―'for the recipe.'

   • 1996, Karen Hesse, The Music of Dolphins, Scholastic Inc., published 1998, →ISBN, page 52:

     My name is Mila. Mila is the name others gave me. The ones who found me. Mila is miracle.

   • 2003, Dina Mehta, Mila in Love, Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 4:

     And she persisted in calling me Mila after I had decreed that people should now use my full name: Sharmila.

2. a transliteration of the Bulgarian, Macedonian, or Russian female given name Ми́ла (Míla)
3. The capital city of Mila Province, located in northeastern Algeria.

• Alim, Liam, Lima, Mali, alim, lima, mail, mali

From Emilia and, through Russian, from Ludmila.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmilɑ/, [ˈmilɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ilɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Mi‧la
• Hyphenation^(key): Mi‧la

Mila

1. a female given name

• Milja, Milla

• Mila is the 198^th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 3,203 female individuals (and as a middle name to 416 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• Ilma, Mali, ilma, lima, mali

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.la/^[1]
• Homophone: mila
• Rhymes: -ila
• Hyphenation: Mì‧la

Mila m or f by sense

1. a surname

• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2025

Mila f

1. a female given name

• IPA^(key): /mîla/

Mȉla f (Cyrillic spelling Ми̏ла)

1. a female given name

• “Mila”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2025

• IPA^(key): /ˈmila/ [ˈmi.la]
• Rhymes: -ila
• Syllabification: Mi‧la

Mila f

1. a diminutive of the female given names Milagros, Camila, or Ludmila