Milan
Milan Origin and Meaning
Effortlessly stylish with an international feel, Milan re-entered the US charts back in 2013 after a 55 year hiatus. It has been powering up the charts ever since, following in the footsteps of sweet sound-alike Mila, and spotlighted by singer Shakira, who chose it for her son.
A fast rising choice of 2023, Milan comes from the Slavic element milŭ meaning "gracious, dear", however, as an Italian place name, it is more likely from the Latin Mediolanum, meaning "middle of the plain". It could also be connected to the Sanskrit milana meaning "union", which might explain its usage in India.
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.
Given to around 1500 boys in a recent year compared to 450 girls, for every one girl called Milan, there are three boys.
Milan is a name with plenty of variations and diminutives including Milen, Miko, Miłosz, Milenko, Milano, and Mylan.
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Milan Rank in US Top 1000
Milan Rank in Nameberry Top 1000
Popularity of the name Milan
- 231US2024
- 348Nameberry2025
- 32Unisex2024
- 94Canada2024
- 65Future2035
- 229England2024
- 99France2024
- 21Germany2024
- 14Netherlands2024
- 67Belgium2024
- 102switzerland2024
- 87Austria2024
- 39Poland2024
- 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
The name Milan in Pop Culture
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