Entry № 1670 · Serbian origin

Mileva Mileva — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ mee-LEH-vah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Serbian
Meaning
"Gracious (Mileva Marić, Einstein's first wife and physicist)"
Syllables
3
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Modern (Serbian)

A name that means "gracious (mileva marić, einstein's first wife and physicist)".

Mileva is from the Slavic mil (gracious, dear). **Mileva Marić (1875-1948)** was the **Serbian physicist and mathematician — Albert Einstein's first wife and only fellow physicist student at the Zurich Polytechnic**. **The only woman among six students in Einstein's section, and the second woman to complete the full mathematics and physics program at Zurich Polytechnic**. **The extent of her collaboration in Einstein's 1905 "miracle year" papers remains intensely debated** — but Einstein gave her the entire 1921 Nobel Prize money as part of their divorce settlement.

Subject of Dord Krstić's *Mileva & Albert Einstein: Their Love and Scientific Collaboration* (2004).

Gracious. Einstein's first wife and only fellow physicist; her share in his 1905 'miracle year' remains debated.

The name in its native script.

Милева
Transliteration
Mileva
Pronunciation
/ mɪˈlɛv.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Mileva stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Mileva · last year
87 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Milevas before her.

Real people
Mileva Marić
Serbian physicist.
1875 – 1948
In fiction
Mileva
Marie Benedict's The Other Einstein.
2016

Names connected to Mileva.

The number behind Mileva.

1

The Pioneer

Mileva reduces to one — the number of Einstein's first wife.

Why families chose this name.

"Einstein's Mileva. Six letters. Mileva."
Mira · Mother of one · Novi Sad