Mila

MEE-la

Slavic, Russian

"gracious; dear"

Mila Origin and Meaning

The name Mila is a girl's name of Russian origin meaning "gracious; dear".

Mila is a popular name that took a 125 year nap, ranking in the Top 1000 in 1881 and then not ranking again until 2006, after actress Mila Kunis appeared on That 70s Show.

Ukrainian-born Kunis was named Milena, and indeed Mila originated as a short form for names such as Ludmila, Milena, and Milica. Mila can be a nickname for any name containing the element mil, meaning "gracious" or "dear."

Mila has ranked in the Top 100 in the US for a decade now, and is firmly established as a modern classic along with popular sister Mia. Mila has also found a good measure of international popularity, ranking highly throughout the English-speaking world and in several Eastern European countries along with Germany, Switzerland, and even Chile.

It's also a versatile nickname: former President Bush's daughter Jenna named her daughter Margaret Laura, after the child's two grandmothers, called Mila.

Mila Rank in US Top 1000

# 33 in the US

Mila Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 94 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Mila

• 33 US 2024
• 94 Nameberry 2025
• 11 Canada 2024
• 72 Future 2035
• 46 England 2024
• 30 scotland 2024
• 72 Ireland 2024
• 20 Australia 2024
• 10 New Zealand 2024
• 47 France 2024
• 10 Germany 2024
• 6 Netherlands 2024
• 21 sweden 2024
• 43 Finland 2023
• 7 Belgium 2024
• 7 switzerland 2024
• 23 Austria 2024
• 133 Poland 2020
• 11 slovenia 2024
• 88 Chile 2021
• 75 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2024
• 4 Croatia 2024
• 61 Dogs 2022
• 84 Cats 2022

20 Names Similar to Mila

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Mila.

• Avery
• Lila
• Everly
• Sienna
• Harper
• Lyla
• Evie
• Emery
• Ayla
• Quinn
• Lilah
• Kaia
• Zara
• Hadley
• Maya
• Adalyn
• Ainsley
• Adaline
• Isla
• Emilia

Famous People Named Mila

• Milena Markovna "Mila" Kunis Ukrainian,American actress
• Milica "Mila" Mulroney Bosnian,born wife of former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney
• Mila J (born Jamila Aiko Aba Chilombo) American singer, rapper and dancer
• Mila Frances Tupper Maynard American Unitarian minister and suffragist
• Mila Gojsalić Croatian folk heroine
• Mila Horvat Croatian TV presenter
• Mila Mason American country music singer
• Mila Roselena Jones (b. 2002) daughter of actors Alicia Coppola and Anthony Michael Jones
• Mila Seikaly (b. 2003) daughter of model Elsa Benitez and basketball player Rony Seikaly
• Mila Rose Amaia Mitchell (b. 2009) daughter of actor Benjamin Mitchell
• Margaret Laura "Mila" Hager (b. 2013) daughter of Jenna Bush Hager; granddaughter of former President George W. Bush
• Mila Elizabeth Kissel (b. 2016) daughter of country music singer Brett Kissel
• Milena "Mila" Cohen (b. 2016) daughter of dancer Kristina Rihanoff and Ben Cohen

The name Mila in Pop Culture

• Mila Valentia character in video game "Skyrim"
• Mila Babicheva character in anime "Yuri on Ice"
• Melania "Mila" Borejko character in book series "Jezycjada" by Malgorzata Musierowicz
• Mila 18 novel by Leon Uris
• Mila main character in "Picture Me Gone" by Meg Rosoff
• Mila main character in The Music of Dolphins by Karen Hesse
• "Mila Superstar " anime series and its main character
• Mila character on TV's "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"
• Mila character in video game "Dead or Alive 5"
• Mila character in video game "Hotel Dusk: Room 215"