Mila (
Cyrillic: Мила, pl, Miła) is a female
Slavic name originating from
Central
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Central may also refer to:
Directions and generalised locations
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or
Eastern Europe
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. It is a diminutive of Slavic names beginning or ending with ''Mila'' which derived from the element ''Mil'' (Мил) meaning "gracious" or "dear".
Behind the name
/ref> It is also used among the Spanish as a short-hand for Milagros, meaning "miracles".
Notable people
* Mila Gojsalić (died 1530), Croatian folk heroine
* Mila Horvat (born 1981), Croatian television host
*Mila Kunis
Milena Markovna "Mila" Kunis (born August 14, 1983) is an American actress. Born in Chernivtsi and raised in Los Angeles, she began playing Jackie Burkhart on the Fox television series '' That '70s Show'' (1998–2006) at the age of 14. Sinc ...
(born 1983), American actress
*Mila Mason
Mila Mason (born August 22, 1963) is an American country music artist. She made her debut in 1996 with her debut album ''That's Enough of That'', which produced three hit singles on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Country Airp ...
(born 1963), American country music artist
*Mila Mulroney
Milica "Mila" Mulroney ( Serbian Cyrillic: Милица "Мила" Пивнички; née Pivnički; born July 13, 1953) is the wife of the 18th Prime Minister of Canada, Brian Mulroney. She was notable for taking on a greater role during her hu ...
(born 1953), Serbian-Canadian campaigner
*Mila Nikolova
Mila Nikolova (1962 – 20 June 2018) was a Bulgarian applied mathematician, known for her research in image processing, inverse problems, and compressed sensing.
Education and career
After working as a science journalist and engineer in Bulgaria, ...
(1962–2018), Bulgarian mathematician
*Mila, in the Mila affair
The Mila affair (French: ''Affaire Mila'') is a French media and judicial case relating to freedom of speech and cyberbullying. After a man invoking Islam directed misogynistic and homophobic insults at "Mila" when she rejected his inappropriate s ...
, subjected to online abuse after criticising Islam
Fictional characters
* Mila (''Dead or Alive''), in the video game ''Dead or Alive 5''
* Mila (''Doctor Who''), in audio dramas based on the TV series ''Doctor Who''
* Mila (''Star Trek''), in the TV series ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''
*Mila, the goddess of Valentia and the sister of Duma in the video game ''Fire Emblem Gaiden
is a tactical role-playing game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Famicom. Released in March 1992, it is the second installment in the ''Fire Emblem'' series and the last to be developed for the Famicom. It bui ...
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*Mila, in the video game '' Hotel Dusk: Room 215''
*Mila, in the German release of the Japanese anime ''Attack No. 1
is a Japanese manga series by Chikako Urano. It became the first televised female sports anime series in the shōjo category.
The anime is an adaptation of Urano's 1968 volleyball manga serialized in Margaret (magazine), Weekly Margaret Ma ...
'' (retitled ''Mila Superstar'')
*Mila, in the children's book ''The Music of Dolphins
''The Music of Dolphins'', by Karen Hesse, is a children's book that follows the story of Mila, a feral child raised by a pod of dolphins around the Florida Keys and Caribbean. "Mila" is an abbreviated form of the Spanish word ''milagro'', mean ...
'' by Karen Hesse
*Mila Babicheva, in the anime ''Yuri on Ice
is a Japanese sports anime television series about figure skating. The series was produced by MAPPA, directed and written by Sayo Yamamoto with original scripts by Mitsurō Kubo under the chief direction of Jun Shishido. Character designs ...
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See also
* Milla (disambiguation)
*Ludmila (given name)
Ludmila or Ludmilla is a female given name of Slavic origin. It consists of two elements: ''lud'' ("people") and ''mila'' ("dear, love"). Because the initial L is mostly soft ( palatalized), it is sometimes also transcribed Lyudmila, Lyudmyla or ...
*Milada (name)
Milada is a female given name. Diminutive of Slavic names beginning with the element mil meaning ''gracious, young''. Pronounced ''MI-lah-dah''.
Name Days
*Czech: ''8 February''
*Slovak: ''29 December''
*Slovene: ''28 March''
Famous bearers ...
*Milena (name)
Milena is a feminine given name of Slavic origin derived from "mil" meaning "gracious", "pleasant" or "dear". It is the feminine form of the male names Milan and Milen. It is quite popular in Slavic countries such as Serbia, Montenegro, Poland, ...
* Milagros
*Mile (given name) Mile is a masculine given name found in Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Bulgaria. It is often found as a contraction of Milan or Miodrag.
Notable people with the name include:
* Mile Akmadžić (born 1939), Bosnian Croat ...
*Milica
Milica ( sr-Cyrl, Милица; pronounced 'Millitsa') is a feminine name popular in Balkan countries. It is a diminutive form of the given name Mila, meaning 'kind', 'dear' or 'sweet'. The name was used for a number of queens and princesses, incl ...
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