Millena
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mi-LAY-na
- Origin
- Slavic
Millena is a girls' name of Slavic origin, meaning “dear, gracious”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Millena mean?
Slavic: spelling of Milena; from the element mil
“dear, gracious”
Slavic name from mil, dear or gracious, popular in Czechia, Serbia and Poland.
Meaning borrowed from Milena. More on Wiktionary.
Is Millena a girl's or a boy's name?
Millena is a girls' name.
How popular is Millena in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Millena in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Millena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
Nicknames for Millena
- Mila 1,124 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Millena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Isabella Mila Mckenna Mira Eliza Emma Milena Camila Milana Lilyana Bella Melina
Names related to Millena
More Slavic names
Milan Vera Nadia Rayna Zora Raina Damir Lev Siyana Vlad Yuri Milah Raisa Kalina Vladimir Nadine
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Millena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/millena, updated 20 October 2026.