Milena (name)

Milena (name)
Milena
Gender female
Origin
Word/Name Slavic
Meaning mil ("gracious, love")
Other names
Variant form(s) Miléna, Milene, Mileva, Milica, Mylycya, Mila
Nickname(s) Mila, Lena
Related names Milan
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Milena is a popular female given name of Slavic origin derived from word "mil" meaning "gracious", or, alternatively, "dear". It is the feminine form of the male name Milan. It is currently the most popular name for baby girls born in Armenia. It is also quite popular in most of the former Yugoslavian republics, such as Serbia, Republic of Macedonia, and Slovenia, and in other Slavic countries such as Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, and to a lesser extent Poland, and even in Colombia , Dominican Republic and Italy.[1]

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Name variants

Notable bearers

  • Milena Canonero (21st century), costume designer
  • Milena Demongeot, French actress
  • Milena Dravić (born 1940), Serbian actress
  • Milena Dvorská, Czech actress
  • Milena Duchková, Czech athlete
  • Milena Fucimanová, Czech writer
  • Milena Fuchedzhieva, Bulgarian writer
  • Milena Gaiga (born 1964), former field hockey player
  • Milena Govich (born 1976), American actress
  • Milena Hübschmannová, founder of Czech-Indian language
  • Milena Jesenská (1896-1944), Czech journalist, writer, and translator
  • Milla (Militsa) Jovovich, Serbian-Russian actress
  • Milena Kaneva (21st century), film producer and director
  • Milena Kitic (born 1968), operatic mezzo-soprano
  • Milena "Mila" Kunis (born 1983), Ukrainian-born Jewish-American actress
  • Milena Loya, American born model with an Indian mother and a Mexican father
  • Milena Pavlović-Barili (1909-1945), Serbian painter and poet
  • Milena Reljin (born 1967), Yugoslavian rhythmic gymnast
  • Milena Roucka (born 1979), Costa-Rican-Czech Canadian professional wrestler under the name Rosa Mendes
  • Milena Sharkova, Mrs Bulgaria 2008
  • Milena Slavova (born 1966), Bulgarian punk-rock singer
  • Milena Szymczyk (born 1990), Polish ice dancer
  • Milena Toscano (born 1984), Brazilian actress and model
  • Milena Vostřáková, Czech moderator and TV announcer
  • Milena Vučić (born 1986), Montenegrin singer
  • Milena Vukotić (1847-1923), Queen of Montenegro
  • Milena Vukotic (born 1938), stage, television, and film actress

See also

  • Slavic names

Notes


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