Mila
[ˈmiːlɑ]Meaning
from the Slavic element milŭ, meaning "gracious, dear"
Background Story
Mila comes from the Slavic element milŭ, meaning "gracious, dear", and was originally a short form of names containing that element. It is used in Belarusian, Czech, French, Hungarian, Italian, Polish and Slovak, and in Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian and Serbo-Croatian it is a diminutive of female given names containing Mil- or -mila, such as Ludmila, Milena and Milica, as well as of cognates of Emily. In Finnish it comes from Emilia and, through Russian, from Ludmila.
Variations
Milla, Milla, Milah
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