Given name & surname
Milda
“having the favor and glory of the people”·“one who is honored; one who loves glory”
In Czech use, Milda is a diminutive of Miloslava. In Russian use, Miloslava carries the interpretation “having the favor and glory of the people.” In Czech use, Milda is a diminutive of Miloslav. One Czech interpretation is “one who is honored; one who loves glory.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Czech use, Milda is a diminutive of Miloslava. In Russian use, Miloslava carries the interpretation “having the favor and glory of the people.” In Czech use, Milda is a diminutive of Miloslav. One Czech interpretation is “one who is honored; one who loves glory.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Czech use, Milda is a diminutive of Miloslav. An origin associated with Miloslav is Czech.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Czech usage, Milda is a diminutive of Miloslav. In Czech usage, Milda is a diminutive of Miloslava.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1888. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Milda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 878
- 0 boys · 878 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 38 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1973. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 38 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 828 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.
Milda’s family of names
In Czech usage, Milda is a diminutive of Miloslav. In Norwegian usage, Milda has a related form in MILLE. In Czech usage, Milda is a diminutive of Miloslava.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Milda
- Milda ValčiukaitėLithuanian rowerborn 1994
- Milda LauberteLatvian chess player (1918-2009)
- Milda VainiutėLithuanian legal scholar and politician1962–2024
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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