Milena

See also: milena

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Milena

1. A female given name from the Slavic languages, masculine equivalent Milan.
   • 2003 February 23, “[Weddings] Christina and Jonathan Weathers”, in The Paducah Sun, volume 107, number 54, Paducah, Ky., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4D, column 2:

     Miss Milena Shuff, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jon David Shuff of Knoxville, Tenn., served as the flower girl.

   • 2024 July 6, Cremation First, “[Obituaries] POTTLE, Bruce Victor”, in Windsor Star, Windsor, Ont.: Postmedia, →ISSN, →OCLC, page C7, column 3:

     Bruce was a great-grandfather to Taylor’s daughter, Milena.

   • 2025 April 6, Seaside Funeral Home & Memorial Park, “[Obituaries] Frank L. Sacky”, in Corpus Christi Caller-Times, volume 143, number 65, Corpus Christi, Tex.: USA Today Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2B, column 1:

     Frank is survived by his sons Kevin (Abby) Sacky from Portland, Texas, Paul T. Sacky, daughter Milena (Sean) Nolen from Corpus Christi, Texas, […]

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɪlɛna]

Proper noun

Milena f

1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Milena (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	Milena	Mileny
genitive	Mileny	Milen
dative	Mileně	Milenám
accusative	Milenu	Mileny
vocative	Mileno	Mileny
locative	Mileně	Milenách
instrumental	Milenou	Milenami

Italian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic милъ (milŭ, “dear, sweet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈlɛ.na/
• Rhymes: -ɛna
• Hyphenation: Mi‧lè‧na

Proper noun

Milena f

1. a female given name

Anagrams

• lamine, limnea, melina

Polish

Etymology

From Old East Slavic милъ (milŭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈlɛ.na/

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• Rhymes: -ɛna
• Syllabification: Mi‧le‧na

Proper noun

Milena f (male equivalent Milan, diminutive Milenka)

1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Milena

	singular	plural
nominative	Milena	Mileny
genitive	Mileny	Milen
dative	Milenie	Milenom
accusative	Milenę	Mileny
instrumental	Mileną	Milenami
locative	Milenie	Milenach
vocative	Mileno	Mileny

Further reading

• “Milena”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈlẽ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈlẽ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈle.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /miˈle.nɐ/

Proper noun

Milena f

1. a female given name

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mîlena/

Proper noun

Mȉlena f (Cyrillic spelling Ми̏лена)

1. a female given name

Declension

    Declension of Milena

	singular	plural
nominative	Milena	Milene
genitive	Milene	Milena
dative	Mileni	Milenama
accusative	Milenu	Milene
vocative	Mileno	Milene
locative	Mileni	Milenama
instrumental	Milenom	Milenama

Further reading

• “Milena”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2026

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miʎena/, (high register) [ˈmiʎena], (common) [ˈmilena]
• Rhymes: -ena
• Hyphenation: Mi‧le‧na

Proper noun

Milena f (diminutive Milenka)

1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Milena
(pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	Milena	Mileny
genitive	Mileny	Milien
dative	Milene	Milenám
accusative	Milenu	Mileny
locative	Milene	Milenách
instrumental	Milenou	Milenami

Derived terms

Hypocoristics

• Mila

Further reading

• “Milena”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026