Milan

Italian place name, Slavic, Sanskrit

"gracious, dear; union"

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.

Milan Rank in US Top 1000

# 230 in the US

Milan Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 646 on Nameberry

Milan Popularity

• 230 US 2023
• 646 Nameberry 2024
• 32 Unisex 2023
• 88 Canada 2023
• 263 Future 2028
• 220 England 2023
• 96 France 2022
• 24 Germany 2023
• 11 Netherlands 2023
• 67 Belgium 2023
• 105 Switzerland 2023
• 47 Poland 2023
• 88 Chile 2021

20 Names Similar to Milan

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Milan.

• Milan
• Lakota
• Kilian
• Neo
• Paulina
• London
• Paris
• Cas
• Rian
• Geneviève
• Mats
• Romany
• Lucca
• Poppi
• Philemon
• Kylar
• Andreas
• Berlin
• Khari
• Ellington

Famous People Named Milan

• Milan Begovic Croatian writer
• Milan I King of Serbia
• Milan Babuska Czech architect
• Milan Baros Czech football (soccer) player
• Milan Bezdek Czech Roman Catholic priest, prelate of His Holiness
• Milan Boksa Czech soccer coach, methodologies and official
• Milan Cimfe Czech bass guitar player
• Milan Creighton former American football coach
• Milan Drobny Czech singer
• Milan Dufek Czech singer
• Milan Elleder Czech physician and professor of pathology
• Milan Fryda Czech football (soccer) player
• Milan Fukal Czech football (soccer) player
• Milan Harvalik Czech linguist
• Milan Hejduk Czech ice hockey player
• Milan Hlavsa Czech bass guitar player
• Milan Hodza Slovak politician, Prime minister of Czechoslovakia
• Milan Chalupa Czech ice hockey player
• Milan Chladil Czech singer
• Milan Ivana Slovak football (soccer) player
• Milan Jovanovic Serbian football (soccer) player
• Milan Kangrga Croatian philosopher
• Milan Knazko Slovak actor and politician
• Milan Knizak Czech politician and artist
• Milan Komar Slovene philosopher
• Milan Kucan Slovene politician, President of Slovenia
• Milan Kundera Czech writer (The Unbearable Lightness of Being)
• Milan Lasica Slovak actor and writer
• Milan Lucic Canadian (born Serbian) NHL hockey player
• Milan Luhovy Czech football (soccer) player
• Milan Macala Czech soccer coach
• Milan Machovec Czech philosopher
• Milan Markovic Slovak humorist, actor and presenter
• Milan Michalek Czech ice hockey player
• Milan Mladenovic Serbian musician
• Milan Munclinger Czech musician
• Milan Nakonecny Czech psychologist
• Milan Obrenovic II Prince of Serbia
• Milan Orlowski Czech table tennis player
• Milan Peroutka Czech singer
• Milan Pirocanac Serbian politician and lawyer
• Milan Pavlovic retired Serbian footballer
• Milan Pavlovic Bosnian actor
• Milan Rastislav Stefanik Slovak politician, general and astronomer
• Milan Resetar Croatian linguist and historian
• Milan Spalek Czech bass guitar player
• Milan Srejber Czech tennis player
• Milan Stankovic Serbian singer
• Milan Steindler Czech actor and director
• Milan Stojadinovic Serbian politician, lawyer and economist
• Milan Sufflay Croatian historian and politician
• Milan Uhde Czech writer, playwright and politician
• Milan Uzelac Serbian poet and essayist
• Milan Vukmirovic Serbian,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

• Milan Italy (Population: 1.3 million)
• Milan Hendrickx character on TV's 'WTFock'