Milena: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced mih-LAY-nuh · 3 syllables

Milena means “dear, kind”, from Slavic.

From Slavic, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *mil (“dear, kind”).

How popular is Milena?

Milena was the #950 name in the US in 2025, given to 271 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2010.

Babies named Milena in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2010).

Half of US adults named Milena are older than 26; most are between 18 and 58. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Milena have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Milena means “dear, kind”. It comes from Slavic.

Milena is pronounced mih-LAY-nuh.

Milena was the #950 name in the US in 2025, given to 271 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2010.

Half of US adults named Milena are older than 26. Most are between 18 and 58.