At a Glance
- Origin
- Modern literary coinage (from a fictional Greenlandic-styled name)
- Gender
- Girl
- Pronunciation
- SMIL-ah
Smilla is a modern literary coinage (from a fictional Greenlandic-styled name) girl's name. It appears in our list of 175+ German Baby Girl Names That Are Quietly Making a Comeback.
Meaning & Origin of Smilla
Origin: modern literary coinage (from a fictional Greenlandic-styled name).
A common claim: means 'smile' Actually: There's no real etymological link to the word 'smile'; that's a phonetic coincidence, not the name's documented origin.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Smilla
SMIL-ahIPA /ˈsmɪlə/
Popularity of Smilla
Smilla doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
Lists That Include Smilla
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