MiladyfSpanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), English (American, Rare) From the word, now used in historical or humorous contexts, referring to an English noblewoman or gentlewoman, the form of address to such a person or a lady. It came partly from a colloquial pronunciation of my Lady and partly from French milady (from my Lady).
MilcommBiblical, Near Eastern Mythology, English (Puritan) In the Old Testament, Milcom was the highest of the Ammonite gods. It is generally accepted that this name is a form of the common Semitic noun meaning "king" (Hebrew melek), and became an epithet of the head of the Ammonite pantheon... [more]
MildrunfNorwegian (Rare) Combination of the Old Norse name elements mildr "mild" and rún "secret lore". The name was first used in the early 20th century.
MildutėfLithuanian Diminutive of Milda, since this name contains the feminine diminutive suffix -utė.
MilesmHistory (Ecclesiastical) Miles was was the bishop of Susa in Sasanian Persia from before 315 until his martyrdom in 340 or 341. He engaged in efforts to evangelize Susa, traveled widely in the Eastern Roman Empire and led the opposition to Papa bar ʿAggai and the supremacy of the bishops of Seleucia-Ctesiphon in the Persian church... [more]
MiletusmGreek Mythology Possibly related to Ancient Greek μίλτος (miltos) meaning "red earth". This was the name of a figure in Greek mythology who, according to legend, founded the Greek city of Miletus... [more]
MilifHebrew (Modern) Means "who for me?" (combination of the word mi which means "who" and the name Li 2) and came from the phrase "?אם אין אני לי, מי לי" which means "If I'm not for myself, who will be for me?"... [more]
MilíkmCzech (Rare) Originally a diminutive of Milivoj, occasionally used as a given name in its own right.
MilikafRussian (Archaic), Dutch (Rare) Russian cognate of Milica. The name has also seen some use in Belgium and the Netherlands, where the best known bearer is the Dutch television presenter Milika Peterzon (b... [more]
MilitonafLiterature Feminine form of Meliton. Militona appears in Militona (1847) by French author Théophile Gautier.
MilitzafBulgarian Variant transcription of Милица (see Militsa). This was the name Duchess Jutta of Mecklenburg-Strelitz took after her marriage to the heir apparent of Montenegro Prince Danilo and her conversion to Orthodoxy.
MiliumCorsican Corsican form of Milius. In modern times it may be occasionally used as a short form of Emiliu.
MillacatlmNahuatl Means "field worker, farmer" or "rural inhabitant" in Nahuatl, from milli "cultivated field, cornfield" and either tlacatl "person, human" or the suffix -catl "inhabitant".
MillarcafLiterature Invented by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu in his Gothic novella Carmilla (1872), in which the title character, a vampire, uses this and other anagrams of her name (including Mircalla) as aliases when she relocates.
MillawafPolynesian The name Millawa come from the name for "peaceful ocean waves"
MillennafEnglish (Modern, Rare) Based on the word millennium meaning "period of one thousand years" (ultimately from Latin mille "thousand" and annus "year"), probably influenced by Milena... [more]
MillenniafGerman The name Millennia is derived from the Latin word millennium. It was given to some German girls around the millennium year 2000.
Millenniumf & mEnglish From the word referring to a period of time spanning a thousand years, from a Latin combination of mīlle meaning "thousand" and annus meaning "year" (with a>e vowel change and addition of abstract noun suffix -ium).
MilliaqmGreenlandic Greenlandic name meaning "umbilical cord". Alternatively it could mean "a piece of skin or cloth placed under food, mat, dish", or it could be a 'Greenlandic shaman's language name' meaning "an older brother to a girl".
MillvinafEnglish (Rare) Possibly a variant of Melvina. This name was most famously used by Millvina Dean (1912-2009) the last survivor of the Titanic before she died in 2009... [more]
MilojkafSlovene Diminutive of names containing the Slavic element milu "gracious, dear", used as a given name in its own right.
MilolikafRussian, Literature Artificially created name, used by Russian poets and writers in XVIII and XIX centuries. It derives from Russian words милый (mily) - "loveable","pleasant" and лик (lik) - "face" and means "she who has loveable face".
MiłośćfPolish Polish name derived from the ordinary vocabulary word miłość "love", first used to translate the Greek name Agape or the Latin name Caritas... [more]
MilosijafSerbian From Slavic elements mio meaning "charming" or "pleasant" and sija deriving from the verb sijati meaning "to shine". Hence the name means "one that shines charmingly/pleasantly".
MilouskafDutch (Rare) Dutch form of Miluška. A notable bearer of this name is the Dutch television presenter Milouska Meulens (b. 1973), who is of Curaçaoan descent.
MilovanafMedieval Slavic Derived from the elements "mil-" (dear, beloved) and "-ovana" (a suffix implying care or nurturing).
MilunafItalian (Modern), Venetian From the Italian words mia luna literally meaning "my moon". According to a Venetian legend the 1600s nobleman Vittore Calergi proposed to his love interest with these words (meant "my sweetness, my dear") and a beautiful diamond later renamed Miluna... [more]