Girl · Lithuanian (19th-century mythography)
Milda
Say it: MIL-dah
Meaning
Name of a goddess of love described by 19th-century writers; scholars doubt she belonged to genuine Baltic religion, and her name's meaning is unknown.
Disputedsharp disagreement, or a popular meaning that is not supported.
Came into use through romantic 19th-century accounts of Lithuanian mythology, now considered unreliable.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 878 babies given this name since 1888
- At its height in 1896, about 1 in 18,300 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Well-known works of literature
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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