Mila??

[LilaLoves]

Any thoughts on Mila? would pronounced it Meela.

Any ideas for middle names?

[Flojo1979]

Love it
Cant comment on middle name as dont know last name but i'm guessing something that doesnt end in 'a' would be fine!

[Underachieving]

Two thoughts: People are going to mispronounce it miller & does it have a meaning?

[LilaLoves]

Had thought of Kate but not sure if it goes well together

[LilaLoves]

From what I can gather it means miracle/favoured one.

Not 100% on origin yet.

[abeautifulbutterfly]

Mila pronounced this way is my DD1's diminutive (from Milena) and she loves it! Milena is Southern Slav in origin (Czech/Slovak etc.) and means "beloved" but whether Mila as a standalone has a different meaning I don't know. HTH. Oh, and our Mila has Maria as a middle, after MIL

[belgo]

I know a baby called this in Belgium. It will be pronounced Myla in english.

[Flojo1979]

yeah i love mila kate, nice. I'd be surprise if mispronounced miller, when i first read i pronounced with an I sound instead of an E sound

[abeautifulbutterfly]

Oh yes, BTW she often gets mispronounced, most irritatingly by my aunt, who says "My-la" and Will Not Learn but Mila just laughs at her!

She is named for the meaning and also after Kafka's lover, Milena Jesenska, who was rather feisty!

[strawberrylion]

Guessing it will become popular with the popularity of actress of Mila Kunis...

[Nightstar]

Mila Jovavich

Its very slavic sounding, not at all English. Where are you from?

[NadiaWadia]

Most names originate from outside the UK if you go back far enough. Someone has to start the trend.

I think both Mila and Milena are lovely. One nickname could be Milly?

[lilaloves]

We are in scotland,very north actually.

[mathanxiety]

Beautiful.

Mila Katherine
Mila Elspeth
Mila Rosalind
Mila Beatrice
Mila Caroline
Mila Kirsten
Mila Astrid
Mila Vivienne
Mila Rowan

[PepsiPopcorn]

I like Milena.

[PorkChopSter]

Meila?

[alexaj]

It'll be pronouced My-La surely by everyone? I'm not sure in a Scottish accent. And correcting pronounciation will be tedious.

[lilaloves]

I always thought it was pronounced Meela,I dont think you say myla kunis or myla jovavich,Maybe Im wrong?

[Umnitsa]

In Russian, Mila is nn for Ludmila. Ludmila means "loved / admired by people,", Mila means "sweet, darling". Other endearments of Mila are Milochka (sometimes used as a generic noun meaning "sweetheart", may be used ironically as in "well, my dear") or Milushka.

[Umnitsa]

Btw, Ludmila is pronounced Luhd-MEELA.

[CharlieCoCo]

i know an Amelie with the nn mila

[spiritfingers]

I would say it with a short "i" , just like Mia is not My-a and Miriam is not My-riam. Maybe that's just me. I think it's a fab name!!

Mila Kunis is Milena Kunis and she is Ukrainian, Mila is the short version.

Other forms are Milada and Milagros in Spanish

Milla Jovovich is Milica (which I think is pronounced somewhere around Mill-itcha)

You could also do Camilla or Emilia as have it as you nn.

Not calling your dd something you love just because others might pronounce it wrong is silly!! There is potential for most names to be said or spelt wrongly.

[EvilTwins]

I teach a lovely girl named Meila. Mind you, I assumed it was a typo on my class list and that she was actually Melia, short for Amelia (or similar). But no, Meila - first time I've heard of it, and she's very sweet, which makes me think it's a good choice of name, OP. Mind you, I would pronounce "Mila" as "miller"