Milena (name)
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Milena | |
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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 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, Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, and even in Colombia, Brazil, Dominican Republic and Italy.[1]
Name variants
- Miléna (Hungarian)
- Milena (Bulgarian, Italian, Polish, Slovene)
- Milene (French)
- Mileva (Serbian)
- Milica (Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bosnian, Bulgarian)
- Mylena (Ukrainian)
- Mila (Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bosnian, Bulgarian)
People with the given name
- Milena Canonero (21st century), costume designer
- Milena Dravić (born 1940), Serbian actress
- Milena Dvorská, Czech actress
- Milena Duchková, Czech athlete
- Milena Gaiga (born 1964), former field hockey player
- Milena Govich (born 1976), American actress
- Milena Jesenská (1896–1944), Czech journalist, writer, and translator
- Milla Jovovich, Serbian-Ukrainian actress
- Milena Kaneva (21st century), film producer and director
- Milena Kitic (born 1968), operatic mezzo-soprano
- Milena "Mila" Kunis (born 1983), American-Ukrainian actress
- 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 Slavova (born 1966), Bulgarian punk-rock singer
- Milena Szymczyk (born 1990), Polish ice dancer
- Milena Toscano (born 1984), Brazilian actress and model
- Milena Vukotić (1847–1923), Queen of Montenegro
- Milena Vukotic (born 1938), stage, television, and film actress
- Milenita (Milena Nikolova, born 1975), Bulgarian pop and jazz singer
See also
References
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