Radmila

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Girl · Old Slavic

Radmila

Say it: RAHD-mee-lah

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Meaning

From Slavic rad 'glad, eager' and mil 'dear, gracious'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Joyful

A 20th-century South Slavic favourite that is now uncommon for babies.

Its wave through time

No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.

Through the ages

Used by

Serbian Croatian Bulgarian Czech

The family of the name

Other spellings: Радмила

Czech	Radmila
Bulgarian	Radmila

Names worth a look

JagodaGirlPolish and South Slavic jagoda 'berry' (in Croatian also 'strawberry').Victorian

DesankaGirlA Serbian name of debated origin; it is often linked to Slavic desiti 'to find' or to the Greek Despina, but no…Victorian · forgotten

DraganaGirlFrom Slavic drag 'dear, precious'.Victorian

TsvetanaGirlFrom Bulgarian tsvete 'flower'.Victorian · forgotten

DubravkaGirlFrom South Slavic dubrava 'oak grove'.Victorian

StoyankaGirlFeminine of Stoyan, from stoyati 'to stand, to stay', traditionally given so that a child would survive.Revolutions · forgotten

RadomirBoyFrom Slavic rad 'glad, eager' and mir 'peace, world' (some scholars think -mir in old names first reflected Germanic…Early Medieval · forgotten

Where this comes from

National birth statistics of European countries source

Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.

Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.