Save Gender Feminine Usage Spanish Pronounced Pron. /mi.la.ˈɣɾo.sa/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History Means "miraculous" in Spanish. It is taken from the phrase medalla milagrosa meaning "miraculous medal", referring to the devotional medal made by Adrien Vachette based on Saint Catherine Labouré's visions of the Virgin Mary in Paris in 1830. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details RootmiraculumVariantMilagrosOther Languages & CulturesMiracle(English) PopularityDetails Last ranked #370 in 1960 Spain (by decade) Categories fortune, luck, magic, politics, religion, Spanish words