Milena (given name)

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Gender female Nickname(s) Mila, Lena		Word/name Slavic
Meaning mil ("gracious, pleasant, dear") Variant form(s) Miléna (Hungarian), Milene (French), Mylena (Ukrainian) Related names Milan (male), Milen (male), Milica (Serbian), Mileva (Serbian)

Milena (Cyrillic: Милена, [mǐlena], [mi'lɛna]) is a popular female given name of Slavic origin derived from word "mil" meaning "gracious", "pleasant" or "dear". It is the feminine form of the male names Milan and Milen. It is quite popular in most of the former Yugoslavian republics, such as Serbia, Republic of Macedonia, and Slovenia, and in other Slavic countries such as Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, and even in Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Spain, Portugal, Romania, Greece, and Italy. It may refer to:

Milena Canonero (born 1946), Italian costume designer

Milena Dravić (born 1940), Serbian actress

Milena Dvorská, Czech actress

Milena Duchková, Czech athlete

Milena Gaiga (born 1964), former field hockey player

Milena Govich (born 1976), American actress

Milena Jesenská (1896–1944), Czech journalist, writer, and translator

Milena Kaneva (21st century), film producer and director

Milena Kitic (born 1968), Serbian American operatic mezzo-soprano

Milena "Mila" Kunis (born 1983), American-Ukrainian actress

Milena Pavlović-Barili (1909–1945), Serbian painter and poet

Milena Reljin (born 1967), Yugoslavian rhythmic gymnast