Mila

Mila
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/Name	Slavic
Meaning	gracious, dear
Other names
Related names	Lyudmila, Milada, Milena

Mila (Мила), is a female name of Slavic Origin. It is a diminutive of Slavic names beginning or ending with Mila which derived from the element Мил Mil meaning "gracious, dear".

Notable people with this name

First

• Mila, one of the many aliases of Mila Vitelli Valenza (others include Mila Valenza, Mila Vance, Mila Vietlli and Mila Vitelli), wife of Demofilo Fidani
• Mila Gojsalić
• Mila Horvat
• Mila Kunis
• Mila Mason
• Mila Mulroney

Or similar sounding:

• Milla Jovovich

Last

• Mila (Bangladeshi Singer)

Fictional characters

• Mila, appearing in The Music of Dolphins.
• Mila, appearing in the Japanese anime Mila Superstar.
• Mila, a fictional character from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Geography

• Mila, a province, a district, and a commune or city in Algeria
• Mila, a subdistrict of the Pidie Regency in Indonesia
• Mila, meaning pleasant as in Ulica Miła, a street in Warsaw, Poland. A street in the former Warsaw Ghetto, Mila 18 is featured in a book by Leon Uris (of the same name).

Abbreviations

• The Merritt Island spaceflight tracking and data network station, known as MILA in NASA parlance.
• MILA (Merritt Island Launch Area) a countdown time format,used for Apollo and Shuttle.
• M.I.L.A. (Muslims Intent on Learning and Activism) is originally a non-profit community organization dedicated to increasing activism and learning amongst Denver’s Muslim population, following the activities of the Colorado MILA (website). In the United States: AMILA or American Muslims Intent on Learning and Activism (website).

Other

• Mila Rodino, Bulgarian national anthem.
• Mila (genus), a genus of cactus.
• Mila, a 2001 Filipino drama film.
• Mila, a short film from France (2009)
• Mila, a propriety brand chocolate covered wafer bar from Slovakia, produced by Sedita

See also

• Slavic names