Milka (given name)
Appearance
Gender | female |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Hebrew |
Meaning | queen, ruler; (good) counsel |
Other names | |
Related names | Milcah |
Milka is a biblical female given name. In many languages such as German, French, and Croatian, Milka is a common transliteration of the Hebrew name מִלְכָּה (meaning "queen" or "ruler"), which is usually transliterated to English as Milcah. In the Bible, Milcah was Abraham's brother's wife and the grandmother of Rebecca (Gen. 24:15.). Milcah is also the name of one of the daughters of Zelophehad (Num. 26:33).
Milka may refer to:
People
- Milka Ahlroth (born 1966), Finnish actress
- Milka Canić (born 1944), Serbian quiz show host
- Milka Chulina (born 1974), Miss Venezuela 1992
- Milka Duno (born 1972), Venezuelan race car driver
- Milka Fritsch (1867–c.1924), German politician in the German People's Party
- Milka Hartman (1902-1997), Slovenian poet
- Milka Loff Fernandes (born 1980), German TV presenter and actress
- Milka Pavlićević (born 1955), Yugoslav-German journalist and director
- Milka Planinc (1924–2010), Croatian Yugoslav politician
- Milka Stojanovic (born 1937), Serbian opera singer
- Milka Tadić, Montenegrin political activist
- Milka Ternina (1863–1941), Croatian dramatic soprano
See also
- Milka chocolate
- Milka – A Film About Taboos, a 1980 Finnish film
- Milko (disambiguation)