Milan
mee-LAN; MEE-lan; MILL-an
Italian place name, Slavic, Sanskrit "gracious, dear; union"
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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.
# 324 in the US
Milan Rank in US Top 1000
# 728 on Nameberry
Milan Rank in Nameberry Top 1000
Milan Popularity
- 324US2022
- 728Nameberry2024
- 48Unisex2022
- 263Future2028
- 276England2021
- 96France2022
- 24Germany2023
- 11Netherlands2023
- 52Belgium2022
- 122Switzerland2022
- 47Poland2023
- 88Chile2021
- 92Canada2022
20 Names Similar to Milan
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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'