Miela

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 13 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
13
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Miela by the numbers

Miela was given to 13 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Miela

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Miela. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Milagracious, dear1,014 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Millathousand; a form of Camilla or Millicent65 in the US (2017)
  • Melagathering, fair, or assembly10 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Miekawho is like god; a form of michaela7 in the US (2017)
  • Mielhoney6 in the US (2017)
  • Mikelawho is like god; feminine variant of michael5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Miela

Names that are said the same way as Miela, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Miliagracious, dear; diminutive of Emilia14 in the US (2017)
  • Milaya4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Myleah19 in the US (2017)
  • Milayah4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mileah17 in the US (2017)
  • Mylia16 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Miela

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