Mila Girl
MEE-luh
“gracious, dear” · Slavic
#43
Slavic Baby Names
85 names
Slavic names come from a large family of languages spoken across Eastern and Central Europe and the Balkans, including Russian, Polish, Czech, Serbian, Croatian and Bulgarian. Many traditional Slavic names were built from meaningful word parts. The element mil, meaning dear or gracious, appears in names like Mila, Milan and Milo, and gives them a warm, gentle sound that works well in English.
Other names on this page reached the Slavic world through Christianity and then took on local forms. Ivan is the Slavic version of a classic biblical name, and Luka is widely used across the Balkans. Girls' names such as Nadia, Mira, Danica and Alina show the soft vowel endings typical of feminine names in these languages, and Danica is linked to a word for the morning star.
Because the Slavic family is so broad, a name can be spelled differently in each country. You will see Danica and Danika, Rayna and Raina, and Alena beside Alina. Some languages also use accent marks that English drops. If you are honoring a specific heritage, find out how the name is written and pronounced in that language, and decide whether you want to keep the original spelling or adapt it.
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Ivan Boy
EYE-vuhn
“God is gracious” · Russian
#163
Milo Boy
MY-loh
“possibly 'merciful' or 'dear'” · Germanic
#119
Alina Girl
uh-LEE-nuh
“short form of Adelina, 'noble'” · Germanic
#130
Luka Boy
LOO-kuh
“from Lucania” · Slavic
#85
Milan Unisex
mih-LAHN
“gracious, dear; also an Italian city” · Slavic
#242
Nadia Girl
NAHD-yuh
“hope” · Russian
#565
Lana Girl
LAH-nuh
“short form of Alana or Svetlana” · English
#406
Mira Girl
MEER-uh
“wonderful; also peace” · Latin
#335
Danica Girl
DAN-ih-kuh
“morning star” · Slavic
#1,634
All 85 names
Sorted by current popularity. US rank uses 2025 data for the name's most common sex; the trend compares births with five years earlier. Tap a column heading to re-sort.
| Name | Sex | Meaning | Origin | US rank 2025 | 5-yr trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mila | Girl | gracious, dear | Slavic | 43 | ↓ -28% |
| Ivan | Boy | God is gracious | Russian | 163 | ↓ -8% |
| Milo | Boy | possibly 'merciful' or 'dear' | Germanic | 119 | ↑ +7% |
| Alina | Girl | short form of Adelina, 'noble' | Germanic | 130 | ↑ +30% |
| Luka | Boy | from Lucania | Slavic | 85 | ↑ +65% |
| Milan | Unisex | gracious, dear; also an Italian city | Slavic | 242 | ↑ +106% |
| Nadia | Girl | hope | Russian | 565 | ↓ -19% |
| Lana | Girl | short form of Alana or Svetlana | English | 406 | → -3% |
| Mira | Girl | wonderful; also peace | Latin | 335 | ↑ +44% |
| Danica | Girl | morning star | Slavic | 1,634 | ↓ -37% |
| Ivanna | Girl | God is gracious | Slavic | 567 | ↑ +9% |
| Alena | Girl | short form of Helena or Magdalena | Czech | 707 | → -5% |
| Rayna | Girl | — | Hebrew | 796 | ↓ -14% |
| Danika | Girl | morning star | Slavic | 2,550 | ↓ -40% |
| Milana | Girl | gracious, dear | Slavic | 812 | ↓ -17% |
| Raina | Girl | possibly queen | Slavic | 916 | ↓ -14% |
| Milena | Girl | gracious, dear | Slavic | 950 | ↓ -18% |
| Stefan | Boy | crown, wreath | Greek | 1,023 | ↓ -15% |
| Ivana | Girl | God is gracious | Slavic | 1,102 | → -3% |
| Zora | Girl | dawn | Slavic | 969 | ↓ -14% |
| Anton | Boy | uncertain; form of Anthony | German | 1,389 | ↓ -12% |
| Jovan | Boy | God is gracious | Slavic | 1,746 | ↓ -25% |
| Damir | Boy | giver of peace | Slavic | 982 | → +1% |
| Danilo | Boy | God is my judge (form of Daniel) | Slavic | 1,316 | ↓ -10% |
| Vladimir | Boy | rule with peace | Russian | 1,836 | ↓ -26% |
| Milah | Girl | dear, gracious (variant of Mila) | American (modern coinage) | 1,689 | ↓ -39% |
| Ziva | Girl | radiance; also Slavic goddess of life | Hebrew | 1,580 | ↓ -26% |
| Kalina | Girl | viburnum shrub | Slavic | 1,566 | ↓ -17% |
| Nikola | Boy | victory of the people | Slavic | 1,651 | ↓ -32% |
| Malina | Girl | raspberry | Slavic | 2,167 | ↓ -12% |
| Alek | Boy | short for Alexander, defender | Greek | 2,604 | ↓ -54% |
| Marko | Boy | form of Mark | Slavic | 2,069 | ↓ -10% |
| Iva | Girl | willow | Slavic | 1,740 | ↑ +12% |
| Yana | Girl | God is gracious | Russian | 2,409 | ↓ -17% |
| Mileena | Girl | variant of Milena, gracious, dear | American (modern coinage) | 1,974 | ↓ -19% |
| Milla | Girl | short form of Camilla or Ludmila | Scandinavian | 3,817 | ↓ -33% |
| Tesla | Girl | from the surname of Nikola Tesla | Slavic | — | ↓ -100% |
| Mylan | Unisex | variant of Milan | English | 1,832 | ↑ +61% |
| Anja | Girl | form of Anna, grace | Slavic | 4,075 | ↓ -34% |
| Ivanka | Girl | Slavic feminine of Ivan: God is gracious | Slavic | 2,028 | ↓ -11% |
| Nika | Girl | victory (Greek); short for Veronika | Greek | 3,200 | ↓ -17% |
| Maja | Girl | Scandinavian and Slavic form of Maria or Maia | Scandinavian | 3,747 | ↑ +8% |
| Miliana | Girl | variant of Emiliana or Milana | Latin | 2,574 | ↑ +21% |
| Nadiya | Girl | variant of Nadia, "hope" | Russian | 4,629 | ↓ -21% |
| Boris | Boy | uncertain; linked to Slavic "fight" | Slavic | 3,189 | ↓ -26% |
| Nada | Girl | dew or generosity; also Slavic "hope" | Arabic | 4,432 | ↓ -11% |
| Dresden | Boy | from the German city, "forest dwellers" | German | 5,261 | ↓ -40% |
| Jelena | Girl | Slavic form of Helen, perhaps "torch" | Slavic | 5,030 | ↓ -32% |
| Kalin | Unisex | Bulgarian, from kalina, the guelder rose | Slavic | 6,274 | ↓ -30% |
| Lipa | Boy | Yiddish diminutive of Lipman; also linden tree | Yiddish | 2,374 | ↑ +21% |
| Aleksandar | Boy | Slavic form of Alexander, defender of men | Slavic | 4,711 | → 0% |
| Casimir | Boy | proclaimer of peace | Polish | 2,039 | ↑ +152% |
| Yan | Boy | varies; Chinese name or form of John | Chinese | 2,386 | ↑ +132% |
| Jarek | Boy | short for Jaroslaw; fierce glory | Polish | 4,777 | ↑ +133% |
| Naudia | Girl | variant of Nadia; hope | American (modern coinage) | — | ↓ -100% |
| Jalena | Girl | variant of Jelena (Helen) or modern blend | American (modern coinage) | 8,570 | ↓ -25% |
| Bladimir | Boy | Spanish variant of Vladimir, "great ruler" | Spanish | 5,236 | ↑ +64% |
| Karlo | Boy | Slavic form of Charles, "free man" | Slavic | 3,703 | ↑ +67% |
| Jovana | Girl | feminine of Jovan, "God is gracious" | Slavic | 11,374 | ↓ -64% |
| Danitza | Girl | Slavic, "morning star" | Slavic | 5,764 | ↓ -22% |
| Wanda | Girl | uncertain, perhaps from the Vandals | Polish | 6,096 | ↑ +11% |
| Irena | Girl | form of Irene, 'peace' | Greek | 5,305 | ↓ -23% |
| Laszlo | Boy | Hungarian form of Ladislav, 'glorious rule' | Hungarian | 3,561 | ↑ +14% |
| Jasmina | Girl | form of Jasmine, a fragrant flower | Persian | 7,280 | ↓ -35% |
| Sable | Girl | black; the fur-bearing animal | English | 2,717 | ↑ +178% |
| Stevan | Boy | Serbian form of Stephen, 'crown' | Slavic | 7,132 | ↓ -25% |
| Anica | Girl | Slavic pet form of Ana | Slavic | 15,133 | ↓ -67% |
| Neda | Girl | call, voice; also Sunday | Persian | 7,398 | ↑ +36% |
| Lida | Girl | short form of Ludmila or Lydia | Czech | 9,217 | ↓ -35% |
| Daina | Girl | uncertain, possibly folk song | English | 9,597 | new |
| Marika | Girl | pet form of Maria | Hungarian | — | ↓ -100% |
| Marena | Girl | variant of Marina, of the sea | Latin | 7,741 | new |
| Lala | Girl | pet form; uncertain | English | 8,635 | ↑ +140% |
| Nadja | Girl | hope | Russian | 9,278 | new |
| Vira | Girl | faith | Slavic | 5,089 | ↑ +160% |
| Casimiro | Boy | Spanish form of Casimir | Spanish | 10,908 | new |
| Dagmar | Girl | day maiden, or from Slavic Dragomir | Danish | — | new |
| Gordan | Boy | variant of Gordon, or Slavic Gordan | Scottish | — | new |
| Lawanda | Girl | La- plus Wanda | American (modern coinage) | — | new |
| Vonda | Girl | variant of Wanda, origin uncertain | Slavic | — | new |
| Casimer | Boy | variant of Casimir | Polish | — | new |
| Lesia | Girl | Ukrainian pet form of Larysa | Slavic | — | new |
| Tonja | Girl | variant of Tonya | Russian | — | new |
| Wonda | Girl | variant of Wanda | English | — | new |
| Vanda | Girl | variant of Wanda, also an orchid | Slavic | — | new |