Meaning and background
The story behind Mila
Mila has a documented Slavic personal-name element behind it. Behind the Name explains gracious or dear and records its original use as a short form of longer names containing that element. This gives the concise spelling an established naming history. A dog named Mila can express an owner’s affection while the supported account remains the Slavic name-family connection, rather than an invented promise about the animal’s character.
- Origin
- From Slavic milŭ, gracious or dear, originally a short form of longer names with that element. Source
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About Mila
Recorded as a dog’s name
Mila appears in 101 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/maɪlə/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/maɪlə/ · primary stress on syllable 1M AY1 L AH0
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Sources and research notes (2)
Gender association: NYC licence-period records. Any dog can use this name.
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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