The baby name Milena is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced IPA: /miˈlɛna/ — English approx: mee-LEH-nah.
Milena is Slavic in Origin.
The baby name Milena is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced IPA: /miˈlɛna/ — English approx: mee-LEH-nah.
Milena is Slavic in Origin.
Milena is a pan-Slavic feminine name built on the Proto-Slavic root mil- “dear, gracious, beloved” plus the feminine suffix -ena. It arose as an affectionate form related to names such as Milan and Miloslav, then settled as an independent given name across Czech, Slovak, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Polish, and Russian communities, later spreading into German and Italian use. The core meaning evokes kindness, favor, and cherished love.
Evidence of use appears in the 19th century and early 20th century: Princess Milena of Montenegro (1847–1923) and the Czech journalist Milena Jesenská, famed as Franz Kafka’s correspondent, helped familiarize the name beyond the Balkans and Bohemia. Variants and diminutives include Mila, Milenka, Milu, and Lena; the spelling Милена is common in Cyrillic-script countries. Related names from the same root are Milana, Milan, Miloslav, and Milica.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | Girls | 2025 | #1 | — | 874 |
| Germany | Girls | 2025 | #1 | — | 411 |
| BG | Girls | 0 | #5 | 1,038 | 3,559 |
| RS | Girls | 0 | #9 | 647 | 1,651 |
| BG | 0 | #13 | 92 | 1,799 | |
| RS | 0 | #13 | 139 | 923 | |
| ET | Girls | 0 | #16 | 1 | 372 |
| TM | Girls | 0 | #35 | 1 | 574 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #37 | 28,522 | 16,140 |
| HN | Girls | 0 | #38 | 1 | 884 |
| SI | Girls | 0 | #39 | 196 | 2,769 |
| MT | 0 | #42 | 2 | 1,767 | |
| GE | 0 | #44 | 1 | 997 | |
| SI | 0 | #56 | 24 | 1,612 | |
| CY | 0 | #58 | 3 | 1,632 | |
| CZ | Girls | 0 | #64 | 1,678 | 5,378 |
| AO | 0 | #70 | 8 | 2,729 | |
| AZ | Girls | 0 | #70 | 6 | 1,051 |
| AL | 0 | #73 | 4 | 2,372 | |
| JP | 0 | #73 | 5 | 4,057 | |
| PL | Girls | 0 | #73 | 3,203 | 5,096 |
| GE | Girls | 0 | #78 | 27 | 1,564 |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #78 | 1,777 | 8,334 |
| HR | Girls | 0 | #81 | 561 | 3,687 |
| Switzerland | Girls | 2024 | #82 | 55 | 1,786 |
| LT | 0 | #85 | 4 | 949 | |
| MD | Girls | 0 | #86 | 7 | 865 |
| CO | 0 | #91 | 1,341 | 7,768 | |
| KZ | 0 | #94 | 1 | 1,452 | |
| CY | Girls | 0 | #95 | 27 | 3,755 |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #97 | 5,157 | 12,708 |
| EC | 0 | #97 | 19 | 2,502 | |
| ID | Girls | 0 | #101 | 2 | 3,319 |
| QA | 0 | #106 | 1 | 7,011 | |
| IT | Girls | 0 | #107 | 24,843 | 9,415 |
| PL | 0 | #111 | 185 | 2,600 | |
| CZ | 0 | #113 | 88 | 3,154 | |
| HU | 0 | #115 | 1 | 1,675 | |
| Norway | Girls | 2025 | #116 | 11 | 453 |
| CR | 0 | #116 | 43 | 5,526 | |
| PA | 0 | #117 | 14 | 3,797 | |
| OM | 0 | #119 | 3 | 6,215 | |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #119 | 1,127 | 11,913 |
| EE | Girls | 0 | #120 | 19 | 1,888 |
| KW | 0 | #121 | 1 | 5,216 | |
| GR | 0 | #128 | 8 | 3,911 | |
| PA | Girls | 0 | #130 | 581 | 9,861 |
| MT | Girls | 0 | #131 | 21 | 3,773 |
| EC | Girls | 0 | #133 | 113 | 3,650 |
| MU | 0 | #133 | 5 | 3,613 | |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #137 | 770 | 11,342 |
| BR | 0 | #140 | 255 | 5,969 | |
| IR | 0 | #141 | 97 | 4,221 | |
| HR | 0 | #146 | 34 | 2,081 | |
| RS | Boys | 0 | #148 | 7 | 2,277 |
| LU | Girls | 0 | #150 | 36 | 4,850 |
| Belgium | Girls | 2024 | #160 | 26 | 424 |
| PR | Girls | 0 | #160 | 8 | 3,171 |
| LT | Girls | 0 | #161 | 34 | 1,904 |
| UY | 0 | #162 | 16 | 2,477 | |
| AO | Girls | 0 | #163 | 47 | 4,575 |
| GR | Girls | 0 | #171 | 72 | 6,293 |
| RU | 0 | #172 | 18 | 3,641 | |
| Sweden | Girls | 2022 | #173 | 7 | 1,568 |
| Austria | 0 | #181 | 33 | 850 | |
| AE | 0 | #184 | 4 | 10,220 | |
| AR | 0 | #187 | 7 | 2,915 | |
| AL | Girls | 0 | #189 | 34 | 4,141 |
| Austria | Girls | 0 | #197 | 307 | 1,885 |
| IT | 0 | #197 | 1,363 | 4,183 | |
| DK | 0 | #202 | 5 | 5,198 | |
| JP | Girls | 0 | #203 | 43 | 6,592 |
| KZ | Girls | 0 | #207 | 128 | 5,862 |
| SI | Boys | 0 | #209 | 3 | 3,402 |
| BG | Boys | 0 | #214 | 7 | 3,850 |
| PS | 0 | #219 | 8 | 5,692 | |
| UY | Girls | 0 | #222 | 415 | 6,731 |
| HU | Girls | 0 | #224 | 2 | 3,308 |
| PT | 0 | #227 | 20 | 4,161 | |
| Canada | Girls | 2024 | #230 | 56 | 2,795 |
| AR | Girls | 0 | #237 | 673 | 8,289 |
| NA | Girls | 0 | #237 | 1 | 7,146 |
| HR | Boys | 0 | #254 | 6 | 3,997 |
| MO | Girls | 0 | #260 | 4 | 7,056 |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #265 | 214 | 7,952 |
| GR | Boys | 0 | #271 | 3 | 6,912 |
| MU | Girls | 0 | #272 | 80 | 8,539 |
| PE | 0 | #272 | 39 | 6,350 | |
| Germany | Girls | 0 | #274 | 1,089 | 4,949 |
| IL | 0 | #275 | 8 | 6,291 | |
| BO | Girls | 0 | #278 | 462 | 9,488 |
| SG | 0 | #282 | 1 | 11,010 | |
| DK | Girls | 0 | #284 | 33 | 7,429 |
| TW | Girls | 0 | #289 | 1 | 8,139 |
| Finland | 0 | #294 | 14 | 830 | |
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #296 | 1 | 6,578 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #299 | 1,427 | 14,861 |
| CZ | Boys | 0 | #300 | 6 | 6,530 |
| AL | Boys | 0 | #303 | 1 | 5,122 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #303 | 14 | 15,378 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #311 | 965 | 14,098 |
| SA | 0 | #312 | 1 | 10,560 | |
| Finland | Girls | 0 | #314 | 79 | 1,368 |
| France | Girls | 2021 | #327 | 79 | 3,185 |
| SD | Girls | 0 | #328 | 18 | 7,678 |
| BO | 0 | #333 | 49 | 6,868 | |
| GT | 0 | #333 | 6 | 5,948 | |
| JO | Girls | 0 | #337 | 3 | 7,570 |
| PL | Boys | 0 | #337 | 4 | 6,459 |
| CL | 0 | #347 | 66 | 6,867 | |
| Germany | 0 | #350 | 89 | 2,542 | |
| Finland | Girls | 2026 | #353 | 777 | 3,895 |
| CN | Girls | 0 | #356 | 4 | 8,829 |
| NL | 0 | #357 | 35 | 2,481 | |
| PT | Boys | 0 | #381 | 1 | 7,951 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #387 | 10 | 15,987 |
| Spain | 0 | #404 | 49 | 2,326 | |
| UY | Boys | 0 | #411 | 3 | 5,922 |
| EG | 0 | #412 | 1 | 6,387 | |
| Spain | Girls | 0 | #422 | 827 | 5,561 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #429 | 1 | 13,098 |
| GT | Girls | 0 | #441 | 65 | 7,500 |
| MX | 0 | #443 | 3 | 8,339 | |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #454 | 70 | 10,981 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #465 | 2 | 10,523 |
| ZA | 0 | #469 | 6 | 14,421 | |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #478 | 6 | 7,628 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #492 | 14 | 12,621 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #495 | 124 | 11,648 |
| GT | Boys | 0 | #499 | 1 | 7,625 |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #501 | 5 | 9,305 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #508 | 46 | 20,968 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #508 | 3 | 10,188 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #521 | 20 | 11,671 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #522 | 4 | 11,303 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #555 | 7 | 19,177 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #560 | 6 | 10,162 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #560 | 2 | 10,655 |
| United States | Girls | 2024 | #579 | 358 | 8,487 |
| BH | 0 | #580 | 8 | 17,937 | |
| NL | Girls | 0 | #619 | 351 | 5,933 |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #621 | 2 | 9,244 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #623 | 3 | 10,983 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #624 | 9 | 18,916 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #631 | 315 | 15,656 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #647 | 4 | 16,104 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #654 | 1 | 13,121 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #680 | 72 | 12,213 |
| LB | 0 | #682 | 9 | 13,263 | |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #694 | 7 | 13,390 |
| SY | 0 | #762 | 6 | 11,684 | |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #824 | 3 | 15,093 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #851 | 28 | 14,506 |
| TN | 0 | #862 | 4 | 13,765 | |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #917 | 2 | 17,948 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #925 | 1 | 15,035 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,001 | 9 | 14,742 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,011 | 4 | 25,931 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,069 | 4 | 24,821 |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,072 | 112 | 17,781 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,108 | 34 | 25,928 |
| MA | 0 | #1,115 | 14 | 20,986 | |
| TR | 0 | #1,130 | 82 | 19,440 | |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,143 | 1 | 22,615 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,160 | 17 | 20,130 | |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,334 | 138 | 10,046 |
Milena is popular in 85 countries — most recent births per country:
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