Gender: Girl
Meaning: Gracious, dear, pleasant
Origin: Slavic
Popularity: Ranked #785 in 2024 with 358 babies born.
History: Milena surged in the 2020s as a Slavic name meaning 'gracious/dear.' Kafka wrote love letters to Milena Jesenská — some of literature's most passionate correspondence. Milena represents Eastern European beauty entering American naming with literary pedigree.
Name length: 6 letters
How common is Milena? About 1 in 9,297 babies born in 2024 were named Milena, or roughly 1 per day in the United States.
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