Given name
Milca
“a queenly woman”
Milca is a variant of Malka. One Hebrew interpretation is “a queenly woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Milca is a variant of Malka. One Hebrew interpretation is “a queenly woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Milca is a variant of Malka. An origin associated with Malka is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1958. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Milca through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 570
- 0 boys · 570 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 37 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −70%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 37 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,071 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Milca’s family of names
Milca has a related form in Malka. In Italian usage, Milca has a conventional equivalent in the English form Milcah.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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