Milo
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About Milo
Milo is most commonly considered to be Germanic name derived from the Latin word miles, meaning "soldier." However, there is evidence to suggest it also may have independently spawned from the Slavic root milu, meaning "merciful." Milo predates brother name Miles, a variation that evolved when the name immigrated to the British Isles in the Middle Ages. Mylo is an alternate spelling.
Milo has long been a favorite boys' name on Nameberry, also getting some well-deserved appreciation in the wider world. Milo combines the strength of the ancient Greek Olympic wrestler of that name—a six-time winner of the Olympic games—with the debonair charm of a WWII RAF pilot.
More recently, Milo has been associated with the dashing Milo Ventimiglia of This Is Us fame, and it has also been the name of characters in books Catch-22 and The Phantom Tollbooth, and on screen in Milo and Otis, Alias, and Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
Ricki Lake, Camryn Manheim, Sherry Stringfield, Liv Tyler, Craig Ferguson, and Alyssa Milano are six celebrity parents who share our enthusiasm for Milo, as do many Nameberry baby namers.
Milo is often heard in Ireland. Milo O'Shea was a renowned Irish character actor.
As of October 2026, Milo ranked #119 in US births in 2025 SSA, Nameberry popularity #28.
Editor's take: The name Milo is a boy's name of German origin meaning "soldier or merciful".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #311 | 1,120 | 583.1 |
| 2015 | #288 | 1,284 | 669.9 |
| 2016 | #248 | 1,510 | 795.7 |
| 2017 | #224 | 1,704 | 920.6 |
| 2018 | #178 | 2,199 | 1,210.8 |
| 2019 | #162 | 2,442 | 1,361 |
| 2020 | #134 | 2,767 | 1,603.1 |
| 2021 | #127 | 2,918 | 1,667.9 |
| 2022 | #120 | 3,111 | 1,781.8 |
| 2023 | #121 | 2,963 | 1,732.2 |
| 2024 | #120 | 2,988 | 1,734.3 |
| 2025 | #119 | 2,974 | 1,741.1 |
World rankings
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Milo on lists
Famous Milos
- Milo of Croton
ancient Greek athlete
- Milo Đukanović
1st Prime Minister and 2nd and 4th President of Montenegro
- Milo Anthony Ventimiglia
American actor
- Milo Donal O'Shea
Irish actor
- Milo
bishop of Reims and Trier, Germany
- Milo
stage name of Rory Ferreira, American rapper
- Milo Dor
pen name of Milutin Doroslovac, Serbian,Austrian writer
- Milo Jay Aukerman
American singer of band the Descendants
- (Leland) Milo Hamilton
American sportscaster
- Milo Parker
English actor
- Milo Cawthorne
New Zealand actor
- Milo Boughton Butler
1st British governor,general of the Bahamas
- Milo Radulovich
American veteran portrayed in movie "Good Night, and Good Luck"
- Milo Manara
Italian comic book artist
- Milo Emil Halbheer
German painter
- Milo Yiannopoulos
British political commentator and internet provocateur
- Milo Astaire (b. 1993)
son of model Saffron Aldridge and Simon Astaire
- Milo Sebastian Sussman (b. 1997)
son of TV host/actress Ricki Lake
- Milo Hamish Ferguson (b. 2001)
son of TV host/comedian Craig Ferguson
- Milo Jacob Brezovar (b. 2001)
son of actress Camryn Manheim
- Milo Hutton (b. 2001)
son of actor Timothy Hutton
- Milo Oyamada (b. 2002)
son of singers Cornelius and Takako Minekawa
- Milo William Langdon (b. 2004)
son of actress Liv Tyler and Royston Langdon
- Milo Joseph (b. 2004)
son of actress Sherry Stringfield and Larry Joseph
- Milo Seal
son of actor Kevin Seal and director Lynn Shelton
- Milo Roy (b. 2005)
son of comedian Ben Roy
- Milo Phirman (b. 2009)
son of actress Dannah Phirman and comedy singer Mike Phirman
- Milo Contostavlos (b. 2010)
son of rapper Dappy
- Milo Thomas (b. 2011)
son of actress Alyssa Milano
- Milo Cannonball Meloy (b. 2013)
son of singer Colin Meloy of The Decemberists
- Milo Martínez (b. 2013)
son of actor Mariano Martínez and model Juliana Giambroni
- Milo Lachowski (b. 2013)
son of model Francisco Lachowski
- Milo Thomas Scott (b. 2014)
son of actors Dougray Scott and Claire Forlani
- Milo Kielty (b. 2016)
son of TV personality Cat Deeley and comedian Patrick Kielty
- Milo Arthur Johnson
son of UK prime minister Boris Johnson
- Milo Manheim
American actor
Milo in pop culture
- Milo
talking orange cat in movie "The Adventures of Milo & Otis"
- Milo Minderbinder
character in Joseph Heller's Catch,22
- Milo
main character in "The Phantom Tollbooth"
- Milo Thatch
main character of Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire
- Milo Sparks
baby on TV's "Gossip Girl"
- Milo Peck
character in movie "Heart and Souls"
- Milo Foster
character on TV series "Men at Work"
- Milo
purple character on British children's TV show "The Tweenies"
- Milo
a rodent,like mammal on animated series "The Land Before Time"
- Milo
dog in movie "The Mask"
- Milo Bloom
character in comic strip "Bloom County" by Berkeley Breathed
- Milo Kerrigan
character in Australian TV's "Full Frontal"
- Milo Pressman
character on TV's "24"
- Milo Rambaldi
character on TV's "Alias"
- Professor Milo
villain in Batman comics
- Scorpio Milo
character in manga "Saint Seiya"
- Milo
main character on animated series "Fish Hooks"
- Milo Jackson
character in movie "Airheads"
- Milo Greene
American indie pop band
- Milo Dean
character in movie "The Skeleton Twins"
- Milo Davenport
a female character in An American in Paris, named after the Venus de Milo.
- Milo Boyd
main character in "The Bounty Hunter"
- Milo Aukerman
lead singer of the Descendents
- Milo Crinkley
character in "Be a Perfect Person in Just 3 Days" by Stephen Manes
- Milo
chocolate drink in Australia/New Zealand
- Milo Murphy
eponymous character in the show Milo Murphy's Law by Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh
- Milo
character from the video game "Minecraft: Story Mode"
- Milo
Gym Leader in Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield