 Helichrysum arenarium flowers. | |
| Romanization | Smilja |
|---|---|
| Gender | Feminine |
| Other gender | |
| Masculine | Smiljan |
| Origin | |
| Language | South Slavic |
| Derivation | Helichrysum arenarium |
| Meaning | "immortal" or "everlasting" |
| Other names | |
| Nickname | Smiljka |
Smilja (Serbian: Смиља) is a South Slavic feminine given name. It is both Serbian and Croatian. Amongst Croatia, it is most prevalent in North-West Croatia. Smilja comes from the name of a plant, smilje, of the species Helichrysum arenarium. The -a ending is a common feminine ending in Slavic languages. A common diminutive form is Smiljka.
Notable people with the name include:
- Smilja Avramov (1918–2018), Serbian legal scholar and activist
- Smilja Marjanović-Dušanić (born 1963), Serbian historian
- Smilja Mučibabić (1912–2006), Bosnian Serb biologist
- Smilja Tišma (born c. 1929), Serbian politician
- Smilja Vujosevic (1935–2016), Canadian chess player of Serbian origin
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