Baby name
STABLE
🇩🇪 🇵🇱 🇬🇧 Mila
/MEE · lah/
Meaning
“Gracious”
Slavic diminutive of Militsa or standalone from Slavic 'mil' meaning gracious, popularized by actress Mila Kunis.
Nicknames
none
Vibe
warmplayful
How it ages.
Mila has surged from rare to consistent top-50 in English-speaking nations since 2005.
The cultural moment.
North America and Britain experienced Mila's rise from obscure to top-30 starting 2005, accelerated by celebrity visibility and short-name trends.