Mila (given name)
Mila is a female Slavic name originating from Central or Eastern Europe. It is a diminutive of Slavic names beginning or ending with Mila which derived from the element Mil meaning "gracious" or "dear". It is also used among the Spanish as a short-hand for Milagros, meaning "miracles".
In the Arabic language, the word Mila is derived from Mayla ميلاء . Or from Milla ملة, that means Religion.
In the Turkish, Mila is the shortened version of the Turkish name Almila/Almıla.
While in Berber languages Mila comes from Milo which means Shadow, it is estimated to be the toponymy of Algerian Province Mila.
In Chinese language, it can usually be written as a phonetic transcription of the pronunciation 米拉.
Mila is also an unconventional gender neutral Tibetan name, likely a derivative of the Tibetan yogi Milarepa.
Notable people
- Mila D. Aguilar, Filipina poet,
- Mila Gojsalić, Croatian folk heroine
- Mila Guy, South African actress and costume designer
- Mila Haugová, Slovak poet
- Mila Hermanovski, American costume designer and fashion designer
- Mila Holloway, American basketball player
- Mila Horvat, Croatian television host
- Mila Iskrenova, Bulgarian modern dance choreographer, dancer and painter
- Mila Jasey, American politician
- Mila Kajas, Finnish competitive figure skater
- Mila Adjukak Kamingoak, Canadian politician
- Mila Kopp, Austrian actress
- Mila Kunis, Soviet-born American actress
- Mila Manes, Argentine singer and songwriter
- Mila Mason, American country music artist
- Mila Marinova, Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast
- Mila Tupper Maynard, American Unitarian minister, writer, and suffragist
- Mila Mulroney, Serbian-Canadian campaigner
- Mila Nikolova, Bulgarian mathematician
- Mila Pavićević, Croatian writer
- Mila Racine, French Jewish underground resistance member
- Mila Robert, Bulgarian singer, songwriter, painter and actress
- Mila Savić, Serbian sprinter
- Mila Schön, Dalmatian Italian fashion designer
- Mila del Sol, Filipina actress, entrepreneur and philanthropist
- Mila Syvatska, Ukrainian actress
- Mila, in the Mila affair, subjected to online abuse after criticising Islam
Fictional characters
- Mila (Dead or Alive), in the video game Dead or Alive 5
- Mila (Star Trek), in the TV series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- Mila Marwa, from the British soap opera EastEnders
- Mila, the goddess of Valentia and the sister of Duma in the video game Fire Emblem Gaiden
- Mila, in the video game Hotel Dusk: Room 215
- Mila, in the German release of the Japanese anime Attack No. 1
- Mila, in the children's book The Music of Dolphins by Karen Hesse
- Mila Babicheva, in the anime ''Yuri on Ice''