Miliena
Fewer than 200 women in Poland carry it, so most have never met one. A Slavic name, a rarer spelling of Milena, from a root meaning dear or loved.
Miliena Pronunciation
Miliena is pronounced meel-YE-nah (/milˈjɛna/).
What Miliena means
Where Miliena comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Miliena grows from the Slavic root *milŭ, meaning dear or beloved. The same root sits behind Polish "miły" and "miła," the everyday words for someone kind and close. It reaches into "miłość," the word for love itself. Miliena is the fuller cousin of Milena, the variant most Poles recognize first.
The name shortens easily. Mila and Milenka are its diminutives, the forms a child answers to first. Milena traveled widely across Slavic lands and turns up in Czech, Serbian, and Polish records alike. The Czech journalist Milena Jesenská, Kafka's correspondent, carried that variant.
On a class register in Poland, Miliena stands out beside a row of Milenas. The extra syllable marks it and leaves the sense untouched. The meaning holds: dear, kochana.
How many people are named Miliena
1 in 125943 women in Poland is named Miliena. 179 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2377 among female names.
Miliena's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.