Smilla

Revision History

loadingDate    Editor    Name ID    Change Summary
12/7/2022, 9:35 PM Mike C smilla added (from user-submitted name 21974)
8/19/2022, 8:52 AM Beautiful Victory 21974
5/3/2018, 7:50 AM Evil 21974
10/12/2017, 6:29 AM elbowin 21974
1/30/2016, 3:43 PM Beautiful Victory 21974
1/8/2015, 10:25 AM Beautiful Victory 21974
10/3/2012, 9:51 PM Frollein Gladys 21974
8/6/2012, 3:36 PM SeaHorse15 21974
3/7/2009, 5:19 AM CN 21974
6/16/2008, 6:18 AM CSwe

Gender Feminine
Usage Danish, Swedish, Literature

Meaning & History

Invented by the Danish author Peter Høeg for the heroine of his novel Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow (1992). In the book the name is explained as a short form of Smillaaraq, a blend of Danish smil "smile" and the Greenlandic name Miillaaraq.