Milan

mee-LAN; MEE-lan; MILL-an

Italian place name, Slavic, Sanskrit "gracious, dear; union"

"gracious, dear; union"

By Sophie Kihm

Updated Mon Sep 02 2024

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Milan Origin and Meaning

The name Milan is a boy's name of Slavic origin meaning "gracious, dear; union".

As Mila rises for girls, so Milan is becoming a more popular option for boys, especially after singer Shakira chose it for her son. After a 55-year hiatus, it reentered the Top 1000 in 2013 and is heading dramatically upward.

Milan has been a Top 10 name for boys in The Netherlands and Hungary, as well as making the Top 20 in Belgium. A famous literary namesake is Czech writer Milan Kundera, author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being. In America, it is a solidly unisex name whose usage is no doubt also inspired by the stylish Italian city of the same name.

# 230 in the US

Milan Rank in US Top 1000

# 665 on Nameberry

Milan Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Milan Popularity

230US2023
665Nameberry2024
32Unisex2023
92Canada2022
263Future2028
276England2021
96France2022
24Germany2023
11Netherlands2023
67Belgium2023
105Switzerland2023
47Poland2023
88Chile2021

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Famous People Named Milan

Milan BegovicCroatian writer
Milan IKing of Serbia
Milan BabuskaCzech architect
Milan BarosCzech football (soccer) player
Milan BezdekCzech Roman Catholic priest, prelate of His Holiness
Milan BoksaCzech soccer coach, methodologies and official
Milan CimfeCzech bass guitar player
Milan Creightonformer American football coach
Milan DrobnyCzech singer
Milan DufekCzech singer
Milan EllederCzech physician and professor of pathology

Milan FrydaCzech football (soccer) player
Milan FukalCzech football (soccer) player
Milan HarvalikCzech linguist
Milan HejdukCzech ice hockey player
Milan HlavsaCzech bass guitar player
Milan HodzaSlovak politician, Prime minister of Czechoslovakia
Milan ChalupaCzech ice hockey player
Milan ChladilCzech singer
Milan IvanaSlovak football (soccer) player
Milan JovanovicSerbian football (soccer) player

Milan KangrgaCroatian philosopher
Milan KnazkoSlovak actor and politician
Milan KnizakCzech politician and artist
Milan KomarSlovene philosopher
Milan KucanSlovene politician, President of Slovenia
Milan KunderaCzech writer (The Unbearable Lightness of Being)
Milan LasicaSlovak actor and writer
Milan LucicCanadian (born Serbian) NHL hockey player
Milan LuhovyCzech football (soccer) player
Milan MacalaCzech soccer coach

Milan MachovecCzech philosopher
Milan MarkovicSlovak humorist, actor and presenter
Milan MichalekCzech ice hockey player
Milan MladenovicSerbian musician
Milan MunclingerCzech musician
Milan NakonecnyCzech psychologist
Milan Obrenovic IIPrince of Serbia
Milan OrlowskiCzech table tennis player
Milan PeroutkaCzech singer
Milan PirocanacSerbian politician and lawyer

Milan Pavlovicretired Serbian footballer
Milan PavlovicBosnian actor
Milan Rastislav StefanikSlovak politician, general and astronomer
Milan ResetarCroatian linguist and historian
Milan SpalekCzech bass guitar player
Milan SrejberCzech tennis player
Milan StankovicSerbian singer
Milan SteindlerCzech actor and director
Milan StojadinovicSerbian politician, lawyer and economist
Milan SufflayCroatian historian and politician

Milan UhdeCzech writer, playwright and politician
Milan UzelacSerbian poet and essayist
Milan VukmirovicSerbian,French fashion photographer, stylist and designer; co,founder of the famous French store Colette
Milan Rushdie (b. 1997)son of novelist Salman Rushdie
Milan Pique Mebarak (2013)son of singer Shakira & footballer Gerard Pique

Milan in Pop Culture

MilanItaly (Population: 1.3 million)
Milan Hendrickxcharacter on TV's 'WTFock'